CVE-2019-5791

Description

Inappropriate optimization in V8 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.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.65%• Percentile: 82%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

  The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

• CWE-843•Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

  The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

Affected Systems

• google•chrome

  < 73.0.3683.75 | prior to 73.0.3683.75

• opensuse•backports

  sle-15

• opensuse•leap

  15.0 | 15.1 | 42.3

References (3)

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
• https://crbug.com/926651
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html