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CVE-2019-5825 kev in the critical feed json

Out of bounds write in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.86 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption v…

published 2019-11-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-15396

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
55.9%
EPSS 55.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Out of bounds write in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.86 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 73.0.3683.86
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 75.0.3770.80-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5825

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 74.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5825

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 74.0.3729.108-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1021

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-5825 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Out-of-bounds write in V8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 74.0.3729.108-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 74.0.3729.108-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 74.0.3729.108-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 74.0.3729.108-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1021

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/chrome_array_map)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium V8
CISA name
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

55.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/chrome_array_map Google Chrome 72 and 73 Array.map exploit metasploit exploit, manual rank, 2019-03-07
  • EDB-48183 Google Chrome 72 and 73 - Array.map Out-of-Bounds Write (Metasploit) remote, 2020-03-09
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/941743 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156641/Google-Chrome-72-73-Array.map-Corruption.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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