Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5473

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5473

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81822
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-2023-5473
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error in Cast in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and crash the browser.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5473

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
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
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
chromium (Debian package) - update to 118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1
Chrome OS - update to 118.0.5993.86
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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