CVE-2023-6509

2023-12-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

cve-2023-6509

side panel search

remote code execution

heap corruption

chromium

security

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

54.8%

JSON

Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62
allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI
interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI
interaction. (Chromium security severity: High)

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap