Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6626
Published: November 13, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42374
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-2013-6626
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 WebContentsImpl::AttachInterstitialPage function in content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48 does not cancel JavaScript dialogs upon generating an interstitial warning, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a crafted web site.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6626
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=295695
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18401
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=225026&view=revision