Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6636
Published: December 7, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42296
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6636
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 manipulate data.
The FrameLoader::notifyIfInitialDocumentAccessed function in core/loader/FrameLoader.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.63, makes an incorrect check for an empty document during presentation of a modal dialog, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving the document.write method.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6636
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00096.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00042.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56217
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2811
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029442
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=322959
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=162673&view=revision