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CVE-2019-5783

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% 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-20

Description

Missing URI encoding of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform a Dangling Markup Injection attack via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 72.0.3626.81 — fixed in 72.0.3626.81

How to fix

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

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/895081
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/895081
• https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395

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