{"id":"CVE-2019-5789","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-5789","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:23:43.669Z","title":"An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in WebMIDI in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.","description":"An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in WebMIDI in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.","published":"2019-05-23T20:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:38:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190","CWE-416"],"affected":["google/chrome","opensuse/backports","opensuse/leap"],"epss":{"score":0.09259,"percentile":0.95324,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2019-03-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":46570,"kind":"exploit","title":"Google Chrome < M73 - MidiManagerWin Use-After-Free","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46570","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/46570.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/46570.txt","published":"2019-03-19","added":"2019-03-19","updated":"2019-03-19","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2019-5789"],"tags":"Use After Free (UAF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1754"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/921581","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/921581","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5789","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}