CVE-2013-6623 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6623?

CVE-2013-6623 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 13 Nov 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

The SVG implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the use of tree order, rather than transitive dependency order, for layout.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6623?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6623?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-6623 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6623 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p8h5-px5g-gh3w.