CVE-2019-5818

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2019-5818 · Published 27/06/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-5818 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 74.0.3729.108 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 74.0.3729.108`	`74.0.3729.108`

Description

Uninitialized data in media in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted video file.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.html
crbug.com/929962
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500

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