CVE-2019-5778
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
Description
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
How to fix CVE-2019-5778
To remediate CVE-2019-5778, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/chromium—upgrade to 72.0.3626.81-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-5778 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 72.0.3626.81-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |