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CVE-2019-5763

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-754

Description

Failure to check error conditions in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 29, 30
• Google Chrome: before 72.0.3626.81 — fixed in 72.0.3626.81
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 72.0.3626.81. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/914731
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/914731
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/

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