CVE-2013-2906

Description

Multiple race conditions in the Web Audio implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to threading in core/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp, core/platform/audio/AudioDSPKernelProcessor.cpp, core/platform/audio/HRTFElevation.cpp, and modules/webaudio/ConvolverNode.cpp.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.10% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/10/stable-channel-update.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=284785
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=157259&view=revision
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00042.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2785 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-10/msg00002.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19013 vdb entry signature
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=271161
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=157256&view=revision
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=157245&view=revision
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=270758
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=284786
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=223962
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00002.html vendor advisory
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=157243&view=revision
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=157273&view=revision

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2906?
CVE-2013-2906 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2906?
To fix CVE-2013-2906, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-2906 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2906 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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