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CVE-2023-6509:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-6509 is a high-severity vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's Side Panel Search functionality prior to version 120.0.6099.62. The vulnerability was reported by Khalil Zhani on October 21, 2023, and was officially disclosed on December 5, 2023. This security flaw affects Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Use-After-Free (UAF) issue in the Side Panel Search component of Chrome. The bug was assigned a High severity rating by the Chromium security team and was rewarded with a $1,000 bug bounty (Chrome Release).
Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker who convinces a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interaction (CVE Mitre).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in Chrome version 120.0.6099.62. Users are advised to update their browsers to this version or later. The fix has been distributed to various distributions including Debian (120.0.6099.71-1~deb12u1), Fedora, and other Chromium-based browsers (Debian Security, Chrome Release).
Additional resources
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