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CVE-2023-5187
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension 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 117.0.5938.132 — fixed in 117.0.5938.132
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 117.0.5938.132. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
- https://crbug.com/1475798
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
- https://crbug.com/1475798
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/
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