Use-after-free in Google Chrome and Debian Linux - CVE-2013-2902

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome and Debian Linux - CVE-2013-2902

Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42637
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2902
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Debian
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors related to an applyXSLTransform call involving (1) an HTML document or (2) an xsl:processing-instruction element that is still in the process of loading. 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-2902

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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