CVE-2019-5798

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2019-5798 · Published 23/05/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-5798 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.2%, higher than 88.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 73.0.3683.75 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 73.0.3683.75`	`73.0.3683.75`

Description

Lack of correct bounds checking in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00084.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1308
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1309
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1310
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
crbug.com/883596
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00038.html
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/67
usn.ubuntu.com/3997-1
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4451

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