CVE-2019-5838
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5838
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201906-4
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.