Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13767

Vulnerability identifier: #VU23649

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-2019-13767

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content within the media picker component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

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

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 79.0.3945.88
chromium - addressed in versions 79.0.3945.88-1.fc30, 79.0.3945.88-1.fc31, 79.0.3945.117-1.fc30
www-client/chromium - update to 80.0.3987.132
www-client/google-chrome - update to 80.0.3987.132

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html

• Use-after-free in Google Chrome
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• Red Hat update for chromium-browser
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• Fedora 31 update for chromium
• Fedora 30 update for chromium
• Fedora 30 update for chromium