CVE-2023-5472 (GCVE-0-2023-5472)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-25 16:14
Modified
2025-05-01 18:31
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use after free
Summary
Use after free in Profiles in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.117 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://crbug.com/1491296 Permissions Required
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5TWIUD4VIISLZWEQ4WLWFZT34T3KOXZB/
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RA6HMWNOYQ56R35MHW77GVW7373Z4RSN/
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDMQG42VVOZ5USSI4NSNT3VJPGBPNSIW/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
chrome-cve-admin@google.com https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5536 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://crbug.com/1491296 Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5TWIUD4VIISLZWEQ4WLWFZT34T3KOXZB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RA6HMWNOYQ56R35MHW77GVW7373Z4RSN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDMQG42VVOZ5USSI4NSNT3VJPGBPNSIW/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5536 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: 118.0.5993.117   < 118.0.5993.117
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