CVE-2013-2914 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in Chrome's color chooser dialog, causing denial of service or potential code execution.

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-2013-2914?

CVE-2013-2914 is a medium-severity use after free 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the color-chooser dialog in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to color_chooser_dialog.cc and color_chooser_win.cc in browser/ui/views/.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2914?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2914?

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-2013-2914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2914 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xv22-g7rf-h2p4.

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