CVE-2019-5825
Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 55.93% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 March 2020
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 55.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5825
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
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156641/Google-Chrome-72-73-Array.map-Corruption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/941743Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156641/Google-Chrome-72-73-Array.map-Corruption.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/941743Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5825US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.