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CVE-2023-4572
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Use after free in MediaStream in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.140 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 11.0, 12.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 37, 38, 39
- Google Chrome: before 116.0.5845.140 — fixed in 116.0.5845.140
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 116.0.5845.140. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
- https://crbug.com/1472492
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5487
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
- https://crbug.com/1472492
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
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