Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

An update of the chromium package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202401-34 (Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge:
Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and its derivatives. Please review the CVE     identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202312-07 (QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to perform     arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4068,     CVE-2023-4070)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4069)

  - Heap buffer overflow in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4071)

  - Out of bounds read and write in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker     to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4072)

  - Out of bounds memory access in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote     attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
    High) (CVE-2023-4073)

  - Use after free in Blink Task Scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker     to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4074)

  - Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4075)

  - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted WebRTC session. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4076)

  - Insufficient data validation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed an attacker     who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via     a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4077)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed an attacker     who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via     a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4078)

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4764)

  - Use after free in Site Isolation in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)     (CVE-2023-5218)

  - Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who had     compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5473)

  - Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a     crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5474)

  - Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who     convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted     Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5475)

  - Use after free in Blink History in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5476)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Installer in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a local attacker     to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted command. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-5477)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker     to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5478)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker     who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML     page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5479)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote     attacker to bypass XSS preventions via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-5480)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote     attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5481)

  - Insufficient data validation in USB in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker to     perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-5482)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Intents in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker     to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5483)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote     attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5484)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker     to bypass autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5485)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Input in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-5486)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who     convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome     Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5487)

  - Integer overflow in USB in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5849)

  - Incorrect security UI in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker to     perform domain spoofing via a crafted domain name. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5850)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote     attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5851)

  - Use after free in Printing in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI     gestures. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5852)

  - Incorrect security UI in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker to     obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5853)

  - Use after free in Profiles in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI     gestures. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5854)

  - Use after free in Reading Mode in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI     gestures. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5855)

  - Use after free in Side Panel in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted     HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-5856)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote     attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-5857)

  - Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Provider in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote     attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-5858)

  - Incorrect security UI in Picture In Picture in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote     attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted local HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-5859)

  - 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)     (CVE-2023-5996)

  - 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)     (CVE-2023-5997)

  - Use after free in Navigation 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)     (CVE-2023-6112)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-d79ff22c5b advisory.

    update to 116.0.5845.179. Fixes following security issues:
    CVE-2023-4427 CVE-2023-4428 CVE-2023-4429 CVE-2023-4430 CVE-2023-4431 CVE-2023-4572 CVE-2023-4761     CVE-2023-4762 CVE-2023-4763 CVE-2023-4764

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b427f54e68 advisory.

    update to 117.0.5938.88

    ----

    update to 117.0.5938.62. Fixes following security issues:

    CVE-2023-4900 CVE-2023-4901 CVE-2023-4902 CVE-2023-4903 CVE-2023-4904     CVE-2023-4905 CVE-2023-4906 CVE-2023-4907 CVE-2023-4908 CVE-2023-4909

    ----

    update to 116.0.5845.187. Fixes following security issue: CVE-2023-4863

    ----

    update to 116.0.5845.179. Fixes following security issues:
    CVE-2023-4427 CVE-2023-4428 CVE-2023-4429 CVE-2023-4430 CVE-2023-4431 CVE-2023-4572 CVE-2023-4761     CVE-2023-4762 CVE-2023-4763 CVE-2023-4764

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-3bfb63f6d2 advisory.

    update to 117.0.5938.62. Fixes following security issues:

    CVE-2023-4900 CVE-2023-4901 CVE-2023-4902 CVE-2023-4903 CVE-2023-4904     CVE-2023-4905 CVE-2023-4906 CVE-2023-4907 CVE-2023-4908 CVE-2023-4909

    ----

    update to 116.0.5845.187. Fixes following security issue: CVE-2023-4863

    ----

    update to 116.0.5845.179. Fixes following security issues:
    CVE-2023-4427 CVE-2023-4428 CVE-2023-4429 CVE-2023-4430 CVE-2023-4431 CVE-2023-4572 CVE-2023-4761     CVE-2023-4762 CVE-2023-4763 CVE-2023-4764

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 3693eca5-f0d3-453c-9558-2353150495bb advisory.

  - Use after free in MediaStream in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.140 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4572)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 allowed a remote attacker to perform     an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)     (CVE-2023-4863)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 773ce35b-eabb-47e0-98ca-669b2b98107a advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Heap buffer overflow in WebP in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 allowed a remote attacker to perform     an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)     (CVE-2023-4863)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0245-1 advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5491 advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 116.0.1938.76. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the September 7, 2023 advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the df0a2fd1-4c92-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6 advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 116.0.5845.179. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2023_09_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM. (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8. (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks. (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache. (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 116.0.5845.179. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2023_09_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Out of bounds memory access in FedCM. (CVE-2023-4761)

  - Type Confusion in V8. (CVE-2023-4762)

  - Use after free in Networks. (CVE-2023-4763)

  - Incorrect security UI in BFCache. (CVE-2023-4764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204187	Photon OS 4.0: Chromium PHSA-2023-4.0-0459	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
204145	Photon OS 5.0: Chromium PHSA-2023-5.0-0160	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
189844	GLSA-202401-34 : Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
187218	GLSA-202312-07 : QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
186268	GLSA-202311-11 : QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
185326	Fedora 39 : chromium (2023-d79ff22c5b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
181729	Fedora 37 : chromium (2023-b427f54e68)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
181517	Fedora 38 : chromium (2023-3bfb63f6d2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
181369	FreeBSD : electron22 -- multiple vulnerabilities (3693eca5-f0d3-453c-9558-2353150495bb)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
181368	FreeBSD : electron{24,25} -- multiple vulnerabilities (773ce35b-eabb-47e0-98ca-669b2b98107a)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
181333	openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2023:0245-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
181130	Debian DSA-5491-1 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
181128	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 116.0.1938.76 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
180542	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (df0a2fd1-4c92-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
180508	Google Chrome < 116.0.5845.179 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
180507	Google Chrome < 116.0.5845.179 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2023-4762

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Tenable Plugins

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