Input validation error in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-3740

 

Input validation error in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-3740

Published: July 18, 2023 / Updated: July 19, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78387
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3740
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to crash the browser.

The vulnerability exists due to a improper input validation in Themes in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to perform certain actions in browser and crash it.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-3740

Update to version 115.0.5790.98.

Google Chromium - update to 115.0.5790.98
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 114.0.1901.183, 115.0.1901.183
Google Chrome - update to 115.0.5790.98
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1, 115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1
chromium - update to 115.0.5790.170-1.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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