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CVE-2023-5996
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.123 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, 39
- Google Chrome: before 119.0.6045.123 — fixed in 119.0.6045.123
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 119.0.6045.123. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1497859
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MHLJRFWZNY6BFOW25Q4FEESVWZKS4C2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHWLT3M2AQDFD7RNAM3NJMYUC5KHMO5V/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5551
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1497859
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MHLJRFWZNY6BFOW25Q4FEESVWZKS4C2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PHWLT3M2AQDFD7RNAM3NJMYUC5KHMO5V/
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