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CVE-2019-5870

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 77.0.3865.75 — fixed in 77.0.3865.75

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 77.0.3865.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/999311
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/999311

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