CVE-2023-4072 is a high-severity out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in WebGL within Google Chrome versions prior to 115.0.5790.170. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially corrupt heap memory by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and concern within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 115.0.5790.170, < 115.0.5790.170CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 115.0.5790.170CPE matchmatch criteria | 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.