CVE-2019-13700 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can exploit heap corruption in the gamepad API to execute arbitrary code.

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-2019-13700?

CVE-2019-13700 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Nov 2019. 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

Out of bounds memory access in the gamepad API in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13700?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13700?

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-2019-13700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13700, GHSA-29g2-j2qf-h8qw, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13700.

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