Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google Chrome, the most severe of which could result in arbitrary code execution. These vulnerabilities can be exploited if a user visits, or is redirected to, a specially crafted web page.

• Use-after-free in audio (CVE-2019-13720)
• Use-after-free in PDFium (CVE-2019-13721)

Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions, or cause denial-of-service conditions.

Impact

• Execution of  arbitrary code
• Denial of service

Affected Vendors

Google

Affected Products

Google Chrome versions prior to 78.0.3904.87

Remediation

Apply the stable channel update provided by Google to vulnerable systems immediately after appropriate testing.

Version 78.0.3904.87