CVE-2019-5838

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2019-5838 · Published 27/06/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-5838 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.77%, higher than 55.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 75.0.3770.80 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 75.0.3770.80`	`75.0.3770.80`

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com/893087
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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