CVE-2019-5843: google chrome Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-5843 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.6% 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 1Timeline
- 10-12-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Out of bounds memory access in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 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
0.83%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
58%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.83% 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.
Debian1 product
- chromium< 74.0.3729.108-1
Google1 product
- chrome≥ unspecified, < 74.0.3729.108 | < 74.0.3729.108
Ubuntu1 product
- chromium-browser< 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.htmlX Refsource MISCREPORT
