CVE-2023-2931 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published: 2023-05-30

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`114.0.5735.90`	affected	< 114.0.5735.90

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5418-1	chromium security update

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 0.00366.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
https://crbug.com/1444238
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-05-30T21:31:39.136Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T15:59:28.401Z

Reserved: 2023-05-27T19:39:13.849Z

Link: CVE-2023-2931

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:04.143Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T22:15:10.117

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:37.733

Link: CVE-2023-2931

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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