Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-1529

 

Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-1529

Published: March 21, 2023 / Updated: March 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU73908
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1529
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in WebHID in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
Ubuntu
Chrome OS
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser (Ubuntu package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/chromium-bin
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2023-1529

Update to version 111.0.5563.110.

Google Chromium - update to 111.0.5563.110
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 110.0.1587.78, 111.0.1661.54
Google Chrome - update to 111.0.5563.110
Chrome OS - update to 108.0.5359.228
chromium - addressed in versions 111.0.5563.110-1.el7, 111.0.5563.110-1.el9, 111.0.5563.110-1.fc36, 111.0.5563.110-1.fc37, 111.0.5563.110-1.fc38, 111.0.5563.146-1.el7, 111.0.5563.146-1.el9, 111.0.5563.146-1.fc38, 112.0.5615.49-1.el7, 112.0.5615.49-1.el8, 112.0.5615.49-1.el9, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc36, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc37, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc38, 112.0.5615.121-1.el8, 112.0.5615.165-1.el8
chromium (Debian package) - update to 111.0.5563.110-1~deb11u1
chromium-browser (Ubuntu package) - update to 112.0.5615.49-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 113.0.1774.50
www-client/chromium - update to 113.0.5672.126
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 113.0.5672.126
www-client/google-chrome - update to 113.0.5672.126

External References

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