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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2023-5129 – Google Chrome Vulnerability

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-5129

Google Chrome is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an out-of-bounds write in the ReadHuffmanCodes() function. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site using the color_cache_bits value, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

Impact

  • Buffer Overflow

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2023-5129

Affected Vendors

Google

Affected Products

  • Google Chrome 116.0

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, available from the Google Chrome Releases Website.

Google Chrome Releases Website