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Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2023-5475

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-5475
Alpine:v3.21qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-5475
Alpine:v3.22qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-5475
Alpine:v3.23qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-5475
Alpine:v3.24qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-5475
Debian:12chromium118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5475
Debian:12chromium118.0.5993.70-1~deb12u1DSA-5526-1
Debian:13chromium118.0.5993.70-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5475
Debian:14chromium118.0.5993.70-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5475

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 118.0.5993.70 – before 118.0.5993.70

References