First published: Thu Jun 27 2019(Updated: )
Object lifecycle issue in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Credit: cve-coordination@google.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
debian/chromium | 90.0.4430.212-1~deb10u1 116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1 120.0.6099.129-1~deb11u1 119.0.6045.199-1~deb12u1 120.0.6099.129-1~deb12u1 120.0.6099.129-1 | |
Google Chrome | <75.0.3770.80 | |
SUSE Backports | =sle-15 | |
openSUSE | =15.0 | |
openSUSE | =15.1 | |
openSUSE | =42.3 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =10.0 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =29 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =30 |
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The severity of CVE-2019-5831 is high.
The affected software for CVE-2019-5831 includes Google Chrome prior to version 75.0.3770.80, OpenSUSE Backports, openSUSE Leap 15.0, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 42.3, Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 29, Fedora 30, and chromium package from the Debian source.
A remote attacker can potentially exploit CVE-2019-5831 by leveraging an object lifecycle issue in V8 in Google Chrome to execute heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
The recommended remedy for CVE-2019-5831 is to upgrade to Google Chrome version 75.0.3770.80 or later, or apply the appropriate security patches for the affected software versions.
You can find more information about CVE-2019-5831 at the following references: [Debian Security Tracker](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5831), [OpenSUSE Security Announce](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html), [Chrome Releases Blog](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html).