Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-6704

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-6704

Published: December 13, 2023 / Updated: December 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84364
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-2023-6704
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 libavif 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
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
Fedora
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
libavif13-64bit
libavif13-64bit-debuginfo
libavif13-32bit
libavif13-32bit-debuginfo
avif-tools
avif-tools-debuginfo
libavif13-debuginfo
libavif13
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libavif
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libavif-debuginfo
libavif-devel
libavif-debugsource
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/google-chrome
www-client/chromium
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-6704

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 120.0.6099.109
Microsoft Edge - update to 120.0.2210.77
Google Chrome - update to 120.0.6099.109
libavif13-64bit - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif13-64bit-debuginfo - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif13-32bit - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif13-32bit-debuginfo - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
avif-tools - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
avif-tools-debuginfo - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif13-debuginfo - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif13 - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libavif - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
gdk-pixbuf-loader-libavif-debuginfo - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif-devel - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
libavif-debugsource - update to 0.9.3-150400.3.3.1
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 120.0.2210.133
www-client/google-chrome - update to 120.0.6099.109
www-client/chromium - update to 120.0.6099.109
chromium - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.109-1.el7, 120.0.6099.109-1.el8, 120.0.6099.109-1.el9, 120.0.6099.109-1.fc38, 120.0.6099.109-1.fc39, 120.0.6099.129-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.109-1~deb11u1, 120.0.6099.109-1~deb12u1

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