CVE-2023-6509 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeChromiumMozilla Firefox+2 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateFeb 1

Description

Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interaction. (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 Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome120.0.6099.62 — 120.0.6099.62
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 120.0.6099.62
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 120.0.6099.71-1~deb11u1+3
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 120.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
CVE-2023-6509: Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120↗2023-12-06
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GHSA
GHSA-qw8w-gvwg-qc22: Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120↗2023-12-06
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CVEList
CVE-2023-6509: Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120↗2023-12-06
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2023-12-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2023-6509↗2024-02-01
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2023-6509 Use after free in Side Panel Search↗2023-12-12
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Debian
CVE-2023-6509: chromium - Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allo...↗2023
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Trendmicro
The December 2023 Security Update Review↗2023-12-12
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Bleepingcomputer
Microsoft December 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 34 flaws, 1 zero-day↗2023-12-12
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