CVE-2013-2877: google chrome

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-2877 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 4.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-07-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.0, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a document that ends abruptly, related to the lack of certain checks for the XML_PARSER_EOF state.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.