CVE-2019-5838
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.78%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-5838
To remediate CVE-2019-5838, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/chromium—upgrade to 75.0.3770.80-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-5838 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 75.0.3770.80-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |