Use-after-free in Arena - CVE-2019-13510
Published: August 29, 2019 / Updated: December 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20457
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13510
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing the Arena files. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted Arena file and crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Arena
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13510
Install updates from vendor's website.
Arena - update to 16.00.01