Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13741

 

Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13741

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26685
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13741
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Blink in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and gain access to sensitive information.


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-2019-13741

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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