CVE-2019-13762

LOW 3.3CVE-2019-13762 · Published 10/12/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-13762 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.17%, higher than 6.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 79.0.3945.79 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 79.0.3945.79`	`79.0.3945.79`

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 79.0.3945.79 allowed a local attacker to spoof downloaded files via local code.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00032.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00036.html · Mailing List
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4238 · Third Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
crbug.com/1004212 · Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Z5M4FPUMDNX2LDPHJKN5ZV5GIS2AKNU
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N5CIQCVS6E3ULJCNU7YJXJPO2BLQZDTK
seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/27 · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4606 · Third Party Advisory

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