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CVE-2019-13743

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-13743 describes an incorrect security UI vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 79.0.3945.79, allowing remote attackers to spoof security indicators via crafted HTML pages. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction and network access, potentially leading to high integrity impact through deceptive UI. While not actively exploited or listed on the KEV catalog, and with no public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

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
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-2019-13743Moderate

chromium-browser: Incorrect security UI in external protocol handling

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 / 754304
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