Google Chrome Blink Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2019-5786)
Severity: medium · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-05-23 · CVE-2019-5786
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. CISA added CVE-2019-5786 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 23, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Jun 13, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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