Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5218

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5218

Published: October 10, 2023 / Updated: October 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81809
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5218
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error within the Site Isolation component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5218

Update to version 118.0.5993.70.

Google Chromium - update to 118.0.5993.70
Microsoft Edge - update to 118.0.2088.46
Google Chrome - addressed in versions 118.0.5993.70, 118.0.5993.71
chromium - addressed in versions 118.0.5993.70-1.el7, 118.0.5993.70-1.el8, 118.0.5993.70-1.el9, 118.0.5993.70-1.fc37, 118.0.5993.70-1.fc38, 118.0.5993.70-1.fc39, 118.0.5993.88-1.fc39
Chrome OS - update to 118.0.5993.86
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
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) - update to 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1

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