CVE-2013-2927 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a use-after-free in Chrome's form submission handling.
- 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-2013-2927?
CVE-2013-2927 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 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 HTMLFormElement::prepareForSubmission function in core/html/HTMLFormElement.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.101, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to submission for FORM elements.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2927?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2927?
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-2013-2927 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2927 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vprr-f2p8-4p8x.