Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-1820

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-1820

Published: April 4, 2023 / Updated: April 5, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74463
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1820
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Browser History. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-1820

Update to version 112.0.5615.49.

Google Chromium - update to 112.0.5615.49
Microsoft Edge - update to 112.0.1722.34
Google Chrome - update to 112.0.5615.49
chromium-browser (Ubuntu package) - update to 112.0.5615.49-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
chromium - addressed in versions 112.0.5615.49-1.el7, 112.0.5615.49-1.el9, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc36, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc37, 112.0.5615.49-1.fc38
chromium (Debian package) - update to 112.0.5615.49-2~deb11u2
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

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