Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-4071

Vulnerability identifier: #VU78890

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-2023-4071

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Visuals. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Update to version 115.0.5790.170.

Google Chromium - update to 115.0.5790.170
Microsoft Edge - update to 115.0.1901.200
Google Chrome - update to 115.0.5790.170
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 108.0.5359.239, 114.0.5735.329
chromium - update to 115.0.5790.170-1.fc38
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1, 115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1
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

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1458819

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google ChromeOS LTS
• Debian update for chromium
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google ChromeOS LTC
• Fedora 38 update for chromium
• Gentoo update for QtWebEngine
• Gentoo update for QtWebEngine
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge