CVE-2023-5187
CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Sep 28, 2023
Updated: Jan 31, 2024
CWE ID 416
Summary
CVE-2023-5187 is a high severity vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 117.0.5938.132. Malicious extensions could exploit a use-after-free issue in the Extensions component, leading to heap corruption. An attacker could potentially induce this vulnerability by convincing a user to install and visit a specially crafted HTML page. The consequences of a successful exploit could result in arbitrary code execution or denial-of-service conditions. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to the latest version to mitigate this threat.
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