CVE-2013-2847 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger a race condition in Chrome workers to cause a crash or potentially execute code via unknown vectors.
- 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-2013-2847?
CVE-2013-2847 is a medium-severity use after free 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
Race condition in the workers implementation in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2847?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2847?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2013-2847 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2847 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m84w-5422-xv7x.