VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-2900

high
Published 2013-08-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
7.0 Affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"29.0.1547.56"}
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.0
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.1
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.2
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.3
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.4
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.5
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.7
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gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.20
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gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.27
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gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.29
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gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.53
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.54
gcp googlechrome29.0.1547.55

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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