CVE-2013-6621

Public Exploit

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the x-webkit-speech attribute in a text INPUT element.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.48% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=268565 exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00042.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19006 signature vdb entry
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/11/stable-channel-update.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00025.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2799 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00026.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-6621?
CVE-2013-6621 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-6621?
To fix CVE-2013-6621, 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-2013-6621 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-6621 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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