CVE-2019-5759

Publication date 19 February 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Incorrect lifetime handling in HTML select elements in Google Chrome on Android and Mac prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.6 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5759