CVE-2013-6625 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a use-after-free in Blink's DOM range handling, requiring user interaction.
- 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-2013-6625?
CVE-2013-6625 is a medium-severity use after free 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
Use-after-free vulnerability in core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of DOM range objects in circumstances that require child node removal after a (1) mutation or (2) blur event.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6625?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6625?
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-2013-6625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7j83-22vf-3f6f.