Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interaction. (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 Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-c890266d3f advisory.

  - Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a     remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security     severity: Critical) (CVE-2023-4863)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a     remote attacker to obfuscate a permission prompt via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
    Medium) (CVE-2023-4900)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker     to potentially spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)     (CVE-2023-4901)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Input in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to     spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4902)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62     allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
    Medium) (CVE-2023-4903)

  - Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote     attacker to bypass Enterprise policy restrictions via a crafted download. (Chromium security severity:
    Medium) (CVE-2023-4904)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker     to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-4905)

  - Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote     attacker to bypass Autofill restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-4906)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a     remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-4907)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a     remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-4908)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote     attacker to obfuscate security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)     (CVE-2023-4909)

  - Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Duplicate of     CVE-2023-4863. (CVE-2023-5129)

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0298-1 advisory.

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0297-1 advisory.

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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 116.0.1938.98 / 117.0.2045.47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the September 29, 2023 advisory.

  - There exists a use after free/double free in libwebp. An attacker can use the ApplyFiltersAndEncode()     function and loop through to free best.bw and assign best = trial pointer. The second loop will then     return 0 because of an Out of memory error in VP8 encoder, the pointer is still assigned to trial and the     AddressSanitizer will attempt a double free. (CVE-2023-1999)

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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-d66a01ad4f advisory.

  - Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Duplicate of     CVE-2023-4863. (CVE-2023-5129)

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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-2023-0cd03c3746 advisory.

  - Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Duplicate of     CVE-2023-4863. (CVE-2023-5129)

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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-2023:0277-1 advisory.

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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-5508 advisory.

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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 6d9c6aae-5eb1-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6 advisory.

  - Use after free in Passwords in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted     UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5187)

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1     allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2023-5217)

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 117.0.5938.132. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2023_09_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27 advisory.

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx. (CVE-2023-5217)

  - Use after free in Passwords. (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions. (CVE-2023-5187)

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 117.0.5938.132. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2023_09_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27 advisory.

  - Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx. (CVE-2023-5217)

  - Use after free in Passwords. (CVE-2023-5186)

  - Use after free in Extensions. (CVE-2023-5187)

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
185168	Fedora 39 : chromium (2023-c890266d3f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182995	openSUSE 15 Security Update : opera (openSUSE-SU-2023:0298-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
182994	openSUSE 15 Security Update : opera (openSUSE-SU-2023:0297-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
182419	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 116.0.1938.98 / 117.0.2045.47 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
182413	Fedora 38 : chromium (2023-d66a01ad4f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182412	Fedora 37 : chromium (2023-0cd03c3746)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
182394	openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2023:0277-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
182382	Debian DSA-5508-1 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
182191	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6d9c6aae-5eb1-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
182073	Google Chrome < 117.0.5938.132 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
182072	Google Chrome < 117.0.5938.132 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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