CVE-2019-5797
Double free in DOMStorage in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 3.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Double free in DOMStorage in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.44% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 March 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/916523Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/916523Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.