CVE-2019-5791 (GCVE-0-2019-5791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-23 19:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:01
VLAI
Summary
Inappropriate optimization in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Out of bounds memory access
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3013 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: prior to 73.0.3683.75
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