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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2013-6658

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the layout implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving (1) running JavaScript code during execution of the updateWidgetPositions function or (2) making a call into a plugin during execution of the updateWidgetPositions function.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
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CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published