Use-after-free in Opensuse and Debian Linux - CVE-2013-6646
Published: January 16, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42148
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-2013-6646
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors related to the shutting down of a worker process. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6646
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/01/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00008.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2862
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=249502
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=233099&view=revision
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=233367&view=revision