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CVE-2019-5786

Use After Free — is CVE-2019-5786real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

Medium · CVSS 6.5EPSS 61.5%CISA KEVCWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Object lifetime issue in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 3) — CVSS base score 6.5

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    Field note · Marco FerriCurated

    Google Chrome Blink Use-After-Free Vulnerability — 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. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-05-23) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~62%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Waleed AzizCurated

    Required action for Google Chrome Blink: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-06-13. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Same weaknessCWE-416 · Use After Free.