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Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2023-5997

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 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.159 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.16-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.20qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r6ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.21qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r6ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.22qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r6ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.23qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r6ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Alpine:v3.24qt6-qtwebengine6.6.0-r6ALPINE-CVE-2023-5997
Debian:12chromium119.0.6045.159-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5997
Debian:12chromium119.0.6045.159-1~deb12u1DSA-5556-1
Debian:13chromium119.0.6045.159-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5997
Debian:14chromium119.0.6045.159-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5997

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 119.0.6045.159 – before 119.0.6045.159

References