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CVE-2023-5997

• 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: 2023-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.159 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 119.0.6045.159 — fixed in 119.0.6045.159

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 119.0.6045.159. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
• https://crbug.com/1497997
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JHUI5HW7QXT3U74MJMTLUMF5REDO5HD5/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN3JQGEC4EFQP3WTI33YBD3CLC3I7P4X/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWHRLW3GDNFBFSBHDD4QOPUPX7ORTUEC/
• 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-5556
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
• https://crbug.com/1497997
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JHUI5HW7QXT3U74MJMTLUMF5REDO5HD5/

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