CVE-2013-6631 Use after free in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in WebRTC's Channel::SendRTCPPacket, causing denial of service or potential code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-6631?

CVE-2013-6631 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Channel::SendRTCPPacket function in voice_engine/channel.cc in libjingle in WebRTC, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger the absence of certain statistics initialization, leading to the skipping of a required DeRegisterExternalTransport call.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6631?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6631?

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-2013-6631 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-46gc-3vrv-89f8.

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