Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-0923
Published: March 28, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42947
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-2013-0923
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 perform service disruption.
The USB Apps API in Google Chrome before 26.0.1410.43 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0923
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/03/stable-channel-update_26.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=169765
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=169972
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=169981
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16671