CVE-2013-0838 Misconfiguration in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-0838 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-0838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Jan 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0838/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0838/index.md)
Weak permissions on shared memory segments in Chrome on Linux allow local attackers to potentially read or modify data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-0838?
CVE-2013-0838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Jan 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Google Chrome before 24.0.1312.52 on Linux uses weak permissions for shared memory segments, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0838?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-0838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fh67-hpf3-f2r2.