Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-5771

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-5771

Published: January 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17307
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5771
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in SwiftShader. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the browser to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5771

Update to version 72.0.3626.81.

Google Chrome - update to 72.0.3626.81

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