CVE-2013-2493

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2493
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-07 16:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Hook_Terminate function in chrome_frame/protocol_sink_wrap.cc in the Google Chrome Frame plugin before 26.0.1410.28 for Internet Explorer does not properly handle attach tab requests, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an _blank value for the target attribute of an A element.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome Frame 15.0.874.121 All All All
Application Google Chrome Frame 16.0.912.63 All All All
Application Google Chrome Frame All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Issue 12395021: Fix a crash seen in ChromeFrame when opening a non CF top level tab from a CF page. - Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 chromiumcodereview.appspot.com Vendor Advisory
Issue 178415 - chromium - GCF crashes when trying to process a target="_blank" link. - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
[chrome] Revision 185956 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 src.chromium.org Vendor Advisory
Chrome Releases: Beta Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
[chrome] Diff of /trunk/src/chrome_frame/protocol_sink_wrap.cc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 src.chromium.org
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