CVE-2023-2721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01753.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Google	Chrome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5404-1	chromium security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34185	Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
https://crbug.com/1444360
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/73XUIHJ6UT75VFPDPLJOXJON7MVIKVZI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXFL4TDAH72PRCPD5UPZMJMKIMVOPLTI/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5404

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-05-16T18:45:33.757Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:01:00.512Z

Reserved: 2023-05-15T21:16:57.843Z

Link: CVE-2023-2721

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-16T19:15:09.160

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:35.770

Link: CVE-2023-2721

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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