Type Confusion in Arena - CVE-2019-13519
Published: September 25, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21331
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-2019-13519
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when processing the .DOE files. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted .DOE file, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Arena
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13519
Install updates from vendor's website.
Arena - update to 16.00.01