Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2929

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-2929

Published: May 30, 2023 / Updated: May 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76673
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-2023-2929
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 Swiftshader. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2929

Update to version 114.0.5735.90.

Google Chromium - update to 114.0.5735.90
Google Chrome - update to 114.0.5735.90
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1, 114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1
chromium - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.110-1.el7, 115.0.5790.110-1.el8, 115.0.5790.110-1.el9, 115.0.5790.110-1.fc37, 115.0.5790.110-1.fc38
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 120.0.2210.133
www-client/chromium - update to 120.0.6099.109
www-client/google-chrome - update to 120.0.6099.109

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