CVE-2019-5780
N/A
Published: February 19, 2019 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:38 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeFedora· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Insufficient restrictions on what can be done with Apple Events in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a local attacker to execute JavaScript via Apple Events.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 72.0.3626.81
Affected range stops below 72.0.3626.81, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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