CVE-2013-6638 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via buffer overflows in V8 engine triggered by large typed arrays in Chrome.
- 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-2013-6638?
CVE-2013-6638 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 7 Dec 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
Multiple buffer overflows in runtime.cc in Google V8 before 3.22.24.7, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.63, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a large typed array, related to the (1) Runtime_TypedArrayInitialize and (2) Runtime_TypedArrayInitializeFromArrayLike functions.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6638?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Google V8.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6638?
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-2013-6638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jwf6-397g-h7f5, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6638.