CVE-2019-13766 Use after free in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free in Chrome's accessibility component.

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-2019-13766?

CVE-2019-13766 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 3 Jan 2020. 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

Use-after-free in accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13766?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13766?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-13766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13766, GHSA-cg94-gj76-vvp7, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13766.

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