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CVE-2019-5797 json

Double free in DOMStorage in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a cra…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15369

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Double free in DOMStorage in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 73.0.3683.75
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 73.0.3683.75-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5797

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 73.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 73.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5797

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0708

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15, Package Hub 12 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.1 +1 more 75.0.3770.90-bp150.213.3
  • chromium openSUSE Leap 15.0 73.0.3683.75-lp150.206.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1666-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1062-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 73.0.3683.75-1

arch linux advisories AVG-923

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-5797 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Race condition in DOMStorage

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0708

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-46565)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

3.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-46565 Google Chrome < M73 - Double-Destruction Race in StoragePartitionService dos, 2019-03-19

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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