CVE-2023-5856
Use after free in Side Panel in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker...
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)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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)
- Record
CVE-2023-5856- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
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)
- Record
CVE-2023-5856- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58136
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)
- Record
EUVD-2023-58136- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xmhq-fw78-wjxr
Use after free in Side Panel in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker...
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)
- Record
GHSA-xmhq-fw78-wjxr- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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)
- Record
CVE-2023-5856- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-5856
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)
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5856- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2023-0322 No score
Updated chromium-browser-stable packages fix bugs and vulnerabilities
The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the 119.0.6045.159 release, fixing bugs and 15 vulnerabilities, together with 119.0.6045.123 and 119.0.6045.105; some of them are listed below:
High CVE-2023-5480: Inappropriate implementation in Payments. Reported by Vsevolod Kokorin (Slonser) of Solidlab on 2023-10-14
High CVE-2023-5482: Insufficient data validation in USB. Reported by DarkNavy on 2023-10-13
High CVE-2023-5849: Integer overflow in USB. Reported by DarkNavy on 2023-10-13
High CVE-2023-5996: Use after free in WebAudio. Reported by Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab via Tianfu Cup 2023 on 2023-10-30
High CVE-2023-5997: Use after free in Garbage Collection. Reported by Anonymous on 2023-10-31
High CVE-2023-6112: Use after free in Navigation. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2023-11-04
Medium CVE-2023-5850: Incorrect security UI in Downloads. Reported by Mohit Raj (shadow2639) on 2021-12-22
Medium CVE-2023-5851: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads. Reported by Shaheen Fazim on 2023-08-18
Medium CVE-2023-5852: Use after free in Printing. Reported by [pwn2car] on 2023-09-10
Medium CVE-2023-5853: Incorrect security UI in Downloads. Reported by Hafiizh on 2023-06-22
Medium CVE-2023-5854: Use after free in Profiles. Reported by Dohyun Lee (@l33d0hyun) of SSD-Disclosure Labs & DNSLab, Korea Univ on 2023-10-01
Medium CVE-2023-5855: Use after free in Reading Mode. Reported by ChaobinZhang on 2023-10-13
Medium CVE-2023-5856: Use after free in Side Panel. Reported by Weipeng Jiang (@Krace) of VRI on 2023-10-17
Medium CVE-2023-5857: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads. Reported by Will Dormann on 2023-10-18
Low CVE-2023-5858: Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Provider. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-06-24
Low CVE-2023-5859: Incorrect security UI in Picture In Picture. Reported by Junsung Lee on 2023-09-13
- Record
MGASA-2023-0322- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0368-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update for chromium fixes the following issues:
Chromium 119.0.6045.123 (boo#1216978)
- CVE-2023-5996: Use after free in WebAudio
Chromium 119.0.6045.105 (boo#1216783)
- CVE-2023-5480: Inappropriate implementation in Payments
- CVE-2023-5482: Insufficient data validation in USB
- CVE-2023-5849: Integer overflow in USB
- CVE-2023-5850: Incorrect security UI in Downloads
- CVE-2023-5851: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
- CVE-2023-5852: Use after free in Printing
- CVE-2023-5853: Incorrect security UI in Downloads
- CVE-2023-5854: Use after free in Profiles
- CVE-2023-5855: Use after free in Reading Mode
- CVE-2023-5856: Use after free in Side Panel
- CVE-2023-5857: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
- CVE-2023-5858: Inappropriate implementation in WebApp Provider
- CVE-2023-5859: Incorrect security UI in Picture In Picture
gn was updated to version 0.20231023:
- many updates to support Chromium 119 build
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0368-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13419-1 No score
chromedriver-119.0.6045.123-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-119.0.6045.123-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13419-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13423-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-119.0.6045.123-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-119.0.6045.123-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13423-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumDebian:12 |
before 119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 45 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.132-1117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.132-2117.0.5938.149-1117.0.5938.149-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.149-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.62-1117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.92-1118.0.5993.117-1118.0.5993.117-1~deb11u1 |
119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1 |
chromiumDebian:13 |
before 119.0.6045.105-1 | 119.0.6045.105-1 |
chromiumDebian:14 |
before 119.0.6045.105-1 | 119.0.6045.105-1 |
chromiumDebian:11 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.105-1~deb11u1, plus listed versions 100.0.4896.127-1100.0.4896.127-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.60-1100.0.4896.60-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.75-1 Show 45 moreShow less100.0.4896.75-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.88-1100.0.4896.88-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-1101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-2101.0.4951.54-1101.0.4951.64-1101.0.4951.64-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.115-1102.0.5005.115-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.61-1102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.114-1103.0.5060.114-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.134-1103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.53-1103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.101-1104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.79-1104.0.5112.79-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.102-1105.0.5195.102-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.125-1105.0.5195.125-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.52-1105.0.5195.52-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.103-1106.0.5249.103-2106.0.5249.119-1106.0.5249.119-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.61-1106.0.5249.61-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.91-1106.0.5249.91-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-1107.0.5304.110-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-2107.0.5304.121-1107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.68-1107.0.5304.68-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.87-1 |
119.0.6045.105-1~deb11u1 |
chromiumDebian:12 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 45 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.132-1117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.132-2117.0.5938.149-1117.0.5938.149-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.149-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.62-1117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1117.0.5938.92-1118.0.5993.117-1118.0.5993.117-1~deb11u1 |
119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1 |
chromium-browser-stableMageia:9 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.159-1.mga9.tainted | 119.0.6045.159-1.mga9.tainted |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 | 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 |
gnSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 | 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 | 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 |
gnSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 | 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 | 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 |
gnopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 | 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 | 119.0.6045.123-bp155.2.55.1 |
gnopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 | 0.20231023-bp155.5.3.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 119.0.6045.123-1.1 | 119.0.6045.123-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5856 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published November 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in chromium 119.0.6045.105-1~deb12u1.
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
crbug.com/1493380
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5546
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EBA4KD5ZSV6XWWFLVR5UBYKKNOYMH33H
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5856
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xmhq-fw78-wjxr
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5856
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0322.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32529
gearrice.com/update/chrome-119-backs-up-and-finally-syncs-your-tabs
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/KD6QFFZ2QOOLMG34Z7LCSOIITI7H7NZS
bugzilla.suse.com/1216783
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5480
Left out here: 117 versions. The JSON record has them.