CVE-2013-0843 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution in Google Chrome on Mac OS X via malicious WebRTC audio content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-0843?
CVE-2013-0843 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 24 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
content/renderer/media/webrtc_audio_renderer.cc in Google Chrome before 24.0.1312.56 on Mac OS X does not use an appropriate buffer size for the 96 kHz sampling rate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a web site that provides WebRTC audio.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0843?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0843?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0843 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-0843 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0843 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hg5m-3gg2-hq52.