CVE-2013-0842 describes a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 24.0.1312.56, stemming from improper handling of null characters (%00) in pathnames. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, achievable remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24.0.1312.55CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1272.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1272.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1272.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1272.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1273.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1273.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
24.0.1274.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:24.0.1274.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.