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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-12828 · published 14 June 2019

CVE-2019-12828: Ea origin vulnerability

EEa · Origin

An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 13% · top 3.7% CWE-19 · CWE-19
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.8
13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 6 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Electronic Arts Origin before 10.5.39. Due to improper sanitization of the origin:// and origin2:// URI schemes, it is possible to inject additional arguments into the Origin process and ultimately leverage code execution by loading a backdoored Qt plugin remotely via the platformpluginpath argument supplied with a Windows network share.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/ ExploitPress/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153385/EA-Origin-Remote-Code-Execution.html
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qt5-based-gui-apps-susceptible-to-remote-code-execution/ ExploitPress/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vCx9KsF3c ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-574/
https://zeropwn.github.io/2019-05-22-fun-with-uri-handlers/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-12828), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.