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CVE-2023-5996 — Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.123 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS
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EPSS
0.57% (top 31.70%)
CWE
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Published
2023-11-08T19:18:30.927Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:26:00.179Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.123 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome119.0.6045.123

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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