CVE-2023-5856

HIGH 8.8CVE-2023-5856 · Published 01/11/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-5856 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 67.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 119.0.6045.105 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 119.0.6045.105`	`119.0.6045.105`

Description

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)

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1493380 · Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MHLJRFWZNY6BFOW25Q4FEESVWZKS4C2 · Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EBA4KD5ZSV6XWWFLVR5UBYKKNOYMH33H · Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PHWLT3M2AQDFD7RNAM3NJMYUC5KHMO5V · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5546 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

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chrome

google

< 119.0.6045.105

119.0.6045.105

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