CVE-2023-2932 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome, specifically affecting its PDF component prior to version 114.0.5735.90. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially corrupt the heap and execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it poses a significant risk of high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact if exploited. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV listed as No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB are none), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 114.0.5735.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 114.0.5735.90, < 114.0.5735.90CPE 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.