Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2723

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2723

Published: May 16, 2023 / Updated: May 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76198
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-2023-2723
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error within the DevTools component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2723

Update to version 113.0.5672.126.

Google Chromium - update to 113.0.5672.126
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 112.0.1722.84, 113.0.1774.50
Google Chrome - update to 113.0.5672.126
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
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
chromium - addressed in versions 113.0.5672.126-1.el7, 113.0.5672.126-1.el8, 113.0.5672.126-1.el9, 113.0.5672.126-1.fc37, 113.0.5672.126-1.fc38
chromium (Debian package) - update to 113.0.5672.126-1~deb11u1

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