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CVE-2019-5788

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-05-23
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 73.0.3683.75 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in Blink Storage in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process 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 confidence

Integer overflow in Blink Storage leads to use-after-free in Google Chrome on Linux before 73.0.3683.75, allowing arbitrary code execution via crafted HTML page by attacker who already compromised the renderer process.

MitigationUpdate Google Chrome on Linux to version 73.0.3683.75 or later; apply Chrome security updates as they are released.

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
Affected:< 73.0.3683.75
BackportsOperating system
Affected:= sle-15
LeapOperating system
Affected:= 15.0= 15.1= 42.3

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if Google Chrome is installed on Linux
    Run command: which google-chrome or which chrome, or check for Chrome in package manager (dpkg -l | grep -i chrome or rpm -qa | grep -i chrome)
    Affected if Google Chrome is not found on the system - not applicable
  2. Determine installed Google Chrome version on Linux
    Run: google-chrome --version or chrome --version, or check package: dpkg -l | grep google-chrome or rpm -q google-chrome
    Affected if Command fails or returns no version - Chrome may not be installed
  3. Compare installed version against vulnerable range
    Compare the version number from step 2 to 73.0.3683.75 - any version less than 73.0.3683.75 is affected
    Affected if Installed version is less than 73.0.3683.75 (e.g., 72.0.3626.121, 71.0.3578.90, etc.)
  4. Verify operating system is Linux
    Run: uname -a or cat /etc/os-release - the CVE specifically affects Chrome on Linux
    Affected if Operating system is Linux and Chrome version is below 73.0.3683.75

User is affected if Google Chrome on Linux is installed with a version lower than 73.0.3683.75

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 73.0.3683.75 or later
Fixed in 73.0.3683.75
Interim mitigation

Update Google Chrome on Linux to version 73.0.3683.75 or later; apply Chrome security updates as they are released.

Fix this in Chrome Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
5.0 hours of engineering $860
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