CVE-2013-0836 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0836?

CVE-2013-0836 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Jan 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Google V8 before 3.14.5.3, as used in Google Chrome before 24.0.1312.52, does not properly implement garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0836?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google V8, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0836?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-0836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q564-r293-mxjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0836.