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

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
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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