CVE-2023-5187 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 28
Latest updateOct 6

Description

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome117.0.5938.132 — 117.0.5938.132
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 117.0.5938.132
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0, 12.0, Fedora 37, 38, 39

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2023-5187: Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117↗2023-09-28
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GHSA
GHSA-hg3r-958g-g8vq: Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117↗2023-09-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2023-5187↗2023-10-06
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2023-5187 Use after free in Extensions↗2023-09-12
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Debian
CVE-2023-5187: chromium - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an...↗2023
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