CVE-2023-5856

2023-11-0100:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

side panel

use after free

cve-2023-5856

remote attacker

ui gestures

heap corruption

crafted html page

chromium security severity

medium

debian

ubuntu 19.10

chromium browser

script

chromium snap

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

55.4%

JSON

Use after free in Side Panel in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105
allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI
gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: Medium)

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap