CVE-2023-5997

Summary

CVE-2023-5997 is a high severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 119.0.6045.159. This issue involves a use-after-free error in the Garbage Collection process. A remote attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious HTML page, leading to heap corruption. This could result in arbitrary code execution and potential data theft or system compromise. Users are strongly advised to update their Chrome browsers to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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