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CVE-2023-5472
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
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)
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 11.0, 12.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 38
- Google Chrome: before 118.0.5993.117 — fixed in 118.0.5993.117
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 118.0.5993.117. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/1491296
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5TWIUD4VIISLZWEQ4WLWFZT34T3KOXZB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RA6HMWNOYQ56R35MHW77GVW7373Z4RSN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDMQG42VVOZ5USSI4NSNT3VJPGBPNSIW/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5536
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/1491296
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5TWIUD4VIISLZWEQ4WLWFZT34T3KOXZB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RA6HMWNOYQ56R35MHW77GVW7373Z4RSN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDMQG42VVOZ5USSI4NSNT3VJPGBPNSIW/
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