CVE-2019-13700 Memory corruption in Chrome
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13700, GHSA-29g2-j2qf-h8qw, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13700.