Integer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2136

 

Integer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2136

Published: April 19, 2023 / Updated: April 19, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU75319
CSH Severity: Critical
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-2023-2136
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in Skia component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2136

Update to version 112.0.5615.137.

Google Chromium - update to 112.0.5615.137
Microsoft Edge - update to 112.0.1722.54
Google Chrome - update to 112.0.5615.137
Google Android - update to 13 2023-07-01
Chrome OS - update to 108.0.5359.230
chromium - addressed in versions 112.0.5615.121-1.el7, 112.0.5615.121-1.el8, 112.0.5615.121-2.el9, 112.0.5615.121-2.fc36, 112.0.5615.121-2.fc37, 112.0.5615.121-2.fc38, 112.0.5615.165-1.el7, 112.0.5615.165-1.el8, 112.0.5615.165-1.el9, 112.0.5615.165-1.fc36, 112.0.5615.165-1.fc37, 112.0.5615.165-1.fc38
chromium (Debian package) - update to 112.0.5615.138-1~deb11u1
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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