🛡️ CVE-2019-13768 on Debian — chromium

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Use after free in FileAPI in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chrome security severity: High)

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2019-13768 as tracked by Debian, for the package chromium. The fix is available in version 72.0.3626.81-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13768 is recorded against 1 package.

chromium (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 January 2023 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2019-13768 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

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

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2023-01-02

Updated 2026-08-11

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
chromium	—	72.0.3626.81-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13768

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