Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13706
Published: October 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22220
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13706
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing PDF content within the PDFium component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system on crash the application.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13706
Install updates from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 78.0.3904.70