Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6654
Published: February 24, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42020
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6654
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The SVGAnimateElement::calculateAnimatedValue function in core/svg/SVGAnimateElement.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117, does not properly handle unexpected data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect cast) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6654
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update_20.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=333176
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=165009&view=revision