Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-2925
Published: October 16, 2013 / Updated: February 8, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42464
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2925
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors that trigger multiple conflicting uses of the same XMLHttpRequest object. 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.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2925
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/10/stable-channel-update_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00042.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2785
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=292422
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18866
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=158146&view=revision