CVE-2019-13706 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 7.8 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13706, GHSA-6q4w-wc77-4rq6, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13706.

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