FKIE_CVE-2019-5838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-06-27 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:38
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/893087
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/893087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
opensuse backports sle-15
opensuse leap 15.0
opensuse leap 15.1
opensuse leap 42.3
fedoraproject fedora 29
fedoraproject fedora 30
debian debian_linux 10.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T02:38:18.257",
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