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FreeBSD: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5997): electron{25,26} -- use after free in Garbage Collection

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FreeBSD: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5997): electron{25,26} -- use after free in Garbage Collection

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/15/2023
Created
11/21/2023
Added
11/17/2023
Modified
12/02/2023

Description

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)

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-chromium
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-electron25
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-electron26
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-qt5-webengine
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-qt6-webengine
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ungoogled-chromium

References

  • CVE-2023-5997

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