CVE-2023-6509
Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interaction.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use after free in Side Panel Search in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.00% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1494565Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MMHY76AWPA46MAFXPWDGJX6FEGXZVR5Z/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RI3UHCTFH6KWAJGDZ2TOLT6VHKW53WCC/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5573Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1494565Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MMHY76AWPA46MAFXPWDGJX6FEGXZVR5Z/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RI3UHCTFH6KWAJGDZ2TOLT6VHKW53WCC/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5573Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.