CVE-2019-13706 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's PDFium component via a crafted PDF file, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-13706?
CVE-2019-13706 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Out of bounds memory access in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13706?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13706?
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-2019-13706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13706, GHSA-6q4w-wc77-4rq6, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13706.