Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-6348

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-6348

Published: November 28, 2023 / Updated: November 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU83538
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-2023-6348
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 Spellcheck 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
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-6348

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 119.0.6045.199
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 118.0.2088.122, 119.0.2151.97
Google Chrome - update to 119.0.6045.199
chromium - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.199-1.el7, 119.0.6045.199-1.el8, 119.0.6045.199-1.el9, 119.0.6045.199-1.fc39, 120.0.6099.62-1.el7, 120.0.6099.62-2.el8, 120.0.6099.62-2.el9, 120.0.6099.71-1.el7, 120.0.6099.71-1.el8, 120.0.6099.71-1.el9, 120.0.6099.109-1.el7, 120.0.6099.109-1.el8, 120.0.6099.109-1.el9, 120.0.6099.129-1.el9
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) - addressed in versions 119.0.6045.199-1~deb11u1, 119.0.6045.199-1~deb12u1

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