Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2023-4071
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-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 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Heap buffer overflow in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.14-r7 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.14-r7 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.14-r7 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.14-r7 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5467-1 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 115.0.5790.170-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4071 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 115.0.5790.170-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4071 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1458819
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5467
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34