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CVE-2019-5791

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5791 describes an inappropriate optimization vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine prior to version 73.0.3683.75, allowing a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory read via a specially crafted HTML page, affecting various Google and openSUSE products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a moderate level of awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:73.0.3683.75-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-5791Important

chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8

Mar 12, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
crbug.com / 926651