Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU43151

Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-0842

Published: January 24, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU43151

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-2013-0842

CWE-ID: CWE-20

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 execute arbitrary code.

Google Chrome before 24.0.1312.56 does not properly handle %00 characters in pathnames, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

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