Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13694

 

Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13694

Published: October 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21768
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-2019-13694
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 in WebRTC component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13694

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 77.0.3865.120

External References

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