Use-after-free in Google Chrome and Debian Linux - CVE-2013-2870
Published: July 10, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42733
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2870
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
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 crafted response traffic after a URL request. A remote servers can execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2870
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium/chromium.git;a=commit;h=2b0ff6d8a832f4fe5c187b17342b56675fbf7b96
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromium/chromium.git;a=commit;h=5449227016f44d7c023b28a697ada40064c681a6
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/07/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2724
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=242762
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=244746
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16723