CVE-2019-5825
Google Chromium V8: Out-of-Bounds Write
As of , CVE-2019-5825 in Google Chromium V8 is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 8 June 2022
- US federal deadline
- 22 June 202214 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.56Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.83 on 8 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from Chrome
- CVE published
- 25 November 2019
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- CVSS
- 6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-787
- Out-of-bounds Write
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 48183).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Google Chrome 72 and 73 Array.map exploitexploit module, rank manual
- Exploit-DB: Google Chrome 72 and 73 - Array.map Out-of-Bounds Write (Metasploit)EDB-ID 48183, verified by Exploit-DB, 9 March 2020
Chromium V8: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-17463Remote Code Execution | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.85; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.85 | ||
| CVE-2020-6418Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.79; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.79 | ||
| CVE-2021-21220Improper Input Validation | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.70 | 0.70 | ||
| CVE-2018-6065Integer Overflow | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.60; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.60 | ||
| CVE-2021-21224Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.84 | 0.84 | ||
| CVE-2021-30551Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.65 | 0.65 | ||
| CVE-2021-30632Out-of-Bounds Write | Google Chromium V8 | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2026-85046Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch soon | 0.49 | ||
| CVE-2023-4762Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch soon | 0.41 | ||
| CVE-2023-3079Type Confusion | Google Chromium V8 | Patch soon | 0.32 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org