Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5346

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5346

Published: October 3, 2023 / Updated: October 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81431
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-2023-5346
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5346

Update to version 117.0.5938.149.

Google Chromium - update to 117.0.5938.149
Microsoft Edge - update to 117.0.2045.55
Google Chrome - addressed in versions 117.0.5938.149, 117.0.5938.150
chromium - addressed in versions 117.0.5938.149-1.el7, 117.0.5938.149-1.el8, 117.0.5938.149-1.el9, 117.0.5938.149-1.fc37, 117.0.5938.149-1.fc38, 117.0.5938.149-1.fc39, 118.0.5993.70-1.el7, 118.0.5993.70-1.el8, 118.0.5993.70-1.el9, 118.0.5993.70-1.fc38, 118.0.5993.88-1.fc39
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 117.0.5938.149-1~deb11u1, 117.0.5938.149-1~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

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