Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-2920

 

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-2920

Published: October 2, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42501
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2920
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The DoResolveRelativeHost function in url/url_canon_relative.cc in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a relative URL containing a hostname, as demonstrated by a protocol-relative URL beginning with a //www.google.com/ substring.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-2920

Install update from vendor's website.

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