CVE-2013-2921 Use after free in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-crq8-2jwq-9c2c.