CVE-2019-5818 describes an uninitialized data vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 74.0.3729.108, also affecting Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted video file, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information from process memory. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but could result in high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 74.0.3729.108CPE 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:N/A:N
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