CVE-2013-2906 Race condition in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or other impacts via race conditions in Chrome's Web Audio implementation, requiring user interaction.

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-2013-2906?

CVE-2013-2906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Oct 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

Multiple race conditions in the Web Audio implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to threading in core/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp, core/platform/audio/AudioDSPKernelProcessor.cpp, core/platform/audio/HRTFElevation.cpp, and modules/webaudio/ConvolverNode.cpp.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2906?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2906?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-2906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-v929-h38w-7wm2.

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