Exploited vulnerability · CISA KEV
Yes. CVE-2019-5786, Google Chrome Blink Use-After-Free Vulnerability, is being exploited in the wild. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 23 May 2022, 1061 days after it was published. It affects Google Chrome Blink. If you run it, CISA's required action is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
| Vendor | Google (77 exploited CVEs in KEV) |
| Product | Chrome Blink |
| Vulnerability | Google Chrome Blink Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| Published | 27 Jun 2019 |
| Added to KEV | 23 May 2022 |
| Reported by (CNA) | Chrome |
Yes. CISA added CVE-2019-5786 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 23 May 2022, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild.
CISA does not list known ransomware use for it. That can change, and exploitation alone is reason to fix it first.
Apply updates per vendor instructions. Check Google's advisory for the fixed versions, and if you can't patch quickly, restrict access to the affected Chrome Blink and watch it for signs of compromise.
Sources: CISA KEV (exploitation, ransomware use, required action, due date), the CVE record (publication date, CVSS, CNA), NVD and FIRST EPSS (live score). More: all KEV additions in May 2022 · Google scorecard · act-now radar.
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