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Debian LinuxOperating system · Debian

CVE-2013-2858

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v2.0 Published 2013-06-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 27.0.1453.109 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Use-after-free vulnerability in the HTML5 Audio implementation in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.110 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in Google Chrome's HTML5 Audio implementation prior to version 27.0.1453.110. The flaw allows an attacker to access memory after it has been freed, potentially enabling denial of service or arbitrary code execution through malicious web content.

MitigationUpdate Google Chrome to version 27.0.1453.110 or later to remediate this vulnerability. In enterprise environments, deploy browser updates through patch management systems and enforce minimum version policies.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Debian LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 7.0= 8.0
ChromeWeb browser
Affected:<= 27.0.1453.109= 27.0.1453.0= 27.0.1453.1= 27.0.1453.2= 27.0.1453.3= 27.0.1453.4= 27.0.1453.5= 27.0.1453.6= 27.0.1453.7= 27.0.1453.8= 27.0.1453.9= 27.0.1453.10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check Google Chrome version
    Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://version, or run 'google-chrome --version' or 'google-chrome-stable --version' from command line
    Affected if The displayed version is 27.0.1453.109 or earlier, or exactly matches any of 27.0.1453.0 through 27.0.1453.10
  2. Check installed Chrome package version on Debian
    Run 'dpkg -l | grep google-chrome' or 'apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable'
    Affected if The installed version is 27.0.1453.109-1 or earlier, or matches 27.0.1453.0-1 through 27.0.1453.10-1
  3. Confirm HTML5 Audio is in use
    The vulnerability affects HTML5 Audio playback in Chrome. Visit any webpage with audio elements or use the browser normally
    Affected if The browser renders HTML5 audio content while running a vulnerable version

You are affected if you are running Google Chrome version 27.0.1453.109 or any version from 27.0.1453.0 through 27.0.1453.10 on Debian or other platforms.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 27.0.1453.109
Interim mitigation

Update Google Chrome to version 27.0.1453.110 or later to remediate this vulnerability. In enterprise environments, deploy browser updates through patch management systems and enforce minimum version policies.

Fix this in Debian Linux Scoped from the published advisory
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