Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6624
Published: November 13, 2013 / Updated: February 8, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42372
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6624
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 remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the string values of id attributes.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6624
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00042.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2799
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=290566
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19168