CVE-2019-5789 is an integer overflow leading to a use-after-free vulnerability in the WebMIDI component of Google Chrome on Windows, affecting versions prior to 73.0.3683.75, as well as various openSUSE and Google backport products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page, assuming the renderer process has already been compromised. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-46570), and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness among researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 73.0.3683.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.