CVE-2013-2921 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a double free vulnerability in Chrome's resource loader.

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-2013-2921?

CVE-2013-2921 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

Double free vulnerability in the ResourceFetcher::didLoadResource function in core/fetch/ResourceFetcher.cpp in the resource loader in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering certain callback processing during the reporting of a resource entry.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2921?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2921?

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-2013-2921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-crq8-2jwq-9c2c.

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