Type Confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13764

 

Type Confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13764

Published: December 10, 2019 / Updated: April 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26682
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-2019-13764
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

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
Fedora
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
chromium
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13764

Update to version 79.0.3945.79.

Google Chrome - update to 79.0.3945.79
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 79.0.3945.79-1.el6_10
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 79.0.3945.79-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 79.0.3945.79-1.fc30, 79.0.3945.79-1.fc31, 79.0.3945.88-1.fc30, 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

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