Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,119.0.6045.105)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-6043689
  • published2 Nov 2023
  • disclosed1 Nov 2023
  • creditChaobinZhang

Introduced: 1 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 119.0.6045.105 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the 'Reading Mode' function. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by convincing a user to engage in specific UI gestures. This is only exploitable if a user is convinced to engage in specific UI gestures.

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