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CVE-2019-13740

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-13740 describes a domain spoofing vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 79.0.3945.79, affecting products from Google, Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker via a crafted HTML page, requiring user interaction to achieve a high impact on integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive Hot List status.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 79.0.3945.79CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:79.0.3945.79-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-13740Moderate

chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in sharing

Dec 10, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00032.html
Broken Link
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00036.html
Broken Link
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:4238
Third Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2019/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Vendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1005596
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Z5M4FPUMDNX2LDPHJKN5ZV5GIS2AKNU
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N5CIQCVS6E3ULJCNU7YJXJPO2BLQZDTK
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-08
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4606
Third Party Advisory