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CVE-2023-4074

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4074 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Blink Task Scheduling, affecting versions prior to 115.0.5790.170. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption and significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a level of awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 115.0.1901.200
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-4074

Chromium: CVE-2023-4074 Use after free in Blink Task Scheduling

Aug 8, 2023

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1464113
Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202311-11
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-07
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-34
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5467