Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13686

 

Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13686

Published: November 27, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23037
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-2019-13686
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 offline mode. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick a victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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



Affected software

Google Chrome
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13686

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 77.0.3865.90

External References

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