# CVE-2019-5786: 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

- Also known as: GHSA-C2GP-86P4-5935
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-05-23, remediation due 2022-06-13
- Fixed in: 72.0.3626.121, 1.13.0
- Published: 2019-06-27 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Google Chrome's Blink rendering engine is affected by this vulnerability, which involves an object lifetime issue. A remote attacker could potentially exploit it through a specially crafted web page to access memory outside the intended bounds.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from unspecified, fixed in 72.0.3626.121
- puppeteer (npm): fixed in 1.13.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (72.0.3626.121, 1.13.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://crbug.com/936448
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

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