CVE-2023-5856 Use after free in Chrome

What is CVE-2023-5856?

CVE-2023-5856 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5856?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5856?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2023-5856 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5856 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5856, GHSA-xmhq-fw78-wjxr.