CVE-2023-1820 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome's Browser History component, affecting versions prior to 112.0.5615.49, as well as various Debian and Fedora distributions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where a remote attacker could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by convincing a user to interact with a specially crafted HTML page. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in Microsoft's April 2023 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 112.0.5615.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 112.0.5615.49, < 112.0.5615.49CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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