CVE-2013-0883 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via incorrect read operations in the Skia library.

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
Available

What is CVE-2013-0883?

CVE-2013-0883 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Feb 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

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect read operation) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0883?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0883?

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-2013-0883 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-82f6-9pxq-g8gp.

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