CVE-2013-0889

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-02-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly enforce a user gesture requirement before proceeding with a file download, which might make it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 25.0.1364.97; before 25.0.1364.99 — fixed in 25.0.1364.97, 25.0.1364.99
Opensuse: 12.1, 12.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 25.0.1364.97, 25.0.1364.99. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00045.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=170569
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16233
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00045.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=170569
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16233

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