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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2023-1235

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

Type confusion in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.64 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted UI interaction.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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Advisory Timeline

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