Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13696

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13696

Published: October 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21770
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-2019-13696
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 V8 engine. 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-2019-13696

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 77.0.3865.120

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