CVE-2013-2838 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the V8 engine.

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-2013-2838?

CVE-2013-2838 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 May 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, as used in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.93, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2838?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google V8.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2838?

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-2013-2838 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-98jc-8q2w-5rmh, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2838.

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