CVE-2013-6631 Use after free in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-46gc-3vrv-89f8.