# CVE-2019-5809: Use after free in file chooser in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 74.0.3729.108
- Published: 2019-06-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Google Chrome: fixed in 74.0.3729.108

## Description

Use after free in file chooser in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (74.0.3729.108) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.html
- https://crbug.com/941008
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18

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