CVE-2019-5809: debian debian_linux Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-5809 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5Timeline
- 27-06-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use after free in file chooser in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.51% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- chromium< 74.0.3729.108-1
- debian_linuxEOL10.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL29 | 30
Google1 product
- chrome≥ unspecified, < 74.0.3729.108 | < 74.0.3729.108
Ubuntu1 product
- chromium-browser< 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 75.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
5 vendors · 7 products
References
11 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.htmlX Refsource MISCREPORT
- crbug.com/941008X Refsource MISC
