Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13724

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Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13724

Published: November 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22844
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-2019-13724
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 boundary error in the Bluetooth component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
chromium (Debian package)
chromium
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13724

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 78.0.3904.108
chromium (Debian package) - update to 78.0.3904.108-1~deb10u1
chromium - addressed in versions 78.0.3904.108-1.el8, 78.0.3904.108-1.fc30, 78.0.3904.108-1.fc31
www-client/chromium - update to 80.0.3987.132
www-client/google-chrome - update to 80.0.3987.132

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