Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-5759

critical

CVE-2019-5759

chromium-browser: Use after free in HTML select elements

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Incorrect lifetime handling in HTML select elements in Google Chrome on Android and Mac prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11chromium72.0.3626.81-1
debian 12chromium72.0.3626.81-1
debian 13chromium72.0.3626.81-1
debian 14chromium72.0.3626.81-1
debian 9chromium72.0.3626.96-1~deb9u1
echochromium72.0.3626.81-1
ubuntu 16.04chromium-browser72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04chromium-browser72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.10chromium-browser72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

References

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