Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-5839

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79655

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5839

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data validation in URL parser in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click on a specially crafted link and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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)

Install updates from vendor's website.

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/925614

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