Type Confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13764
Published: December 10, 2019 / Updated: April 8, 2020
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
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
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
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Type Confusion in Google, Google Chrome
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
- Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary update for chromium-browser
- Fedora 30 update for chromium
- Fedora 31 update for chromium
- Fedora 30 update for chromium
- Fedora 30 update for chromium