CVE-2019-5829 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the download manager of Google Chrome prior to version 75.0.3770.80, also impacting Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to achieve out-of-bounds memory access by enticing a user to visit a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 75.0.3770.80CPE 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
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