CVE-2019-5786

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 27, 2019 at 04:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChrome

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 61%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score61.1%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 61.1% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 99% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Google Chrome Blink contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability that allows an attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
May 23, 2022
Remediation Due
Jun 13, 2022
1597 days overdue

Description

Object lifetime issue in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 72.0.3626.121
Affected range stops below 72.0.3626.121, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking
https://crbug.com/936448
US Government Resource
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5786

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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