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CVE-2019-5790

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An integer overflow leading to an incorrect capacity of a buffer in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 73.0.3683.75 — fixed in 73.0.3683.75
• openSUSE Backports: sle-15
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1, 42.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 73.0.3683.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
• https://crbug.com/914736
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
• https://crbug.com/914736

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