Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2019-5836

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66466

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5836

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Angle. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
chromium
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package)

Update to version 75.0.3770.80.

Google Chromium - update to 75.0.3770.80
Google Chrome - update to 75.0.3770.80
chromium - update to 75.0.3770.80-1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 75.0.3770.80-1.el6_10
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 75.0.3770.80-1.el6_10

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/947342

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Arch Linux update for chromium
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary update for chromium-browser