ChromeWeb browser · Google
CVE-2019-13726
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBuffer overflow in password manager in Google Chrome prior to 79.0.3945.79 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBuffer overflow vulnerability in Chrome's built-in password manager allows remote code execution through a crafted HTML page. The attacker exploits the overflow by tricking a user into visiting a malicious page, potentially executing arbitrary code in the context of the browser process.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
ChromeWeb browser
< 79.0.3945.79
Debian LinuxOperating system
= 9.0= 10.0
FedoraOperating system
= 30= 31
Enterprise Linux DesktopOperating system
= 6.0
Enterprise Linux For Scientific ComputingOperating system
= 6.0
Enterprise Linux ServerOperating system
= 6.0
Enterprise Linux WorkstationOperating system
= 6.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Google Chrome versionOpen Chrome, click the three-dot menu, go to Help > About Google Chrome, or navigate to chrome://settings/helpAffected if Version is lower than 79.0.3945.79
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Check Chrome version on Linux via command lineRun 'google-chrome --version' or 'chromium --version' in terminalAffected if Version output is lower than 79.0.3945.79
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Check Debian package versionRun 'dpkg -l | grep chromium' or 'dpkg -l | grep google-chrome'Affected if Package version is earlier than 79.0.3945.79-1 or equivalent for the distribution
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Check Fedora package versionRun 'rpm -qa | grep -i chromium' or 'rpm -qa | grep -i chrome'Affected if Package version is earlier than the version containing 79.0.3945.79 fix
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Verify password manager is in useCheck if Chrome's password manager is enabled by navigating to chrome://settings/passwordsAffected if Password saving is enabled (the vulnerability exists in this built-in feature)
The environment is affected if Google Chrome version is below 79.0.3945.79 and the built-in password manager feature is enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data79.0.3945.79
Update Google Chrome to version 79.0.3945.79 or later. For enterprise environments, deploy the browser update via endpoint management tools and verify successful installation across affected systems.
Fix this in Chrome
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-13726 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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