Input validation error in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5482

 

Input validation error in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-5482

Published: October 31, 2023 / Updated: November 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82624
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-2023-5482
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 improper input validation when processing HTML content in USB. Chrome High. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page 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
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5482

Update to version 119.0.6045.105.

Google Chromium - update to 119.0.6045.105
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 118.0.2088.88, 119.0.2151.44
Google Chrome - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105, 119.0.6045.106
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105-1.el7, 119.0.6045.105-1.el8, 119.0.6045.105-1.el9, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc37, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc38, 119.0.6045.105-1.fc39, 119.0.6045.123-1.el7, 119.0.6045.123-1.el8, 119.0.6045.123-1.el9, 119.0.6045.123-1.fc38, 119.0.6045.123-1.fc39, 119.0.6045.159-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.105-1~deb11u1, 119.0.6045.105-1~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

External References

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