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
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome
chromium (Debian package)

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 - 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
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1, 115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1

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