CVE-2023-5218 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 118.0.5993.70, as well as various Debian and Fedora distributions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious HTML page, leading to heap corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), and it is not known to be actively exploited in the wild, nor is it on CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 118.0.5993.70, < 118.0.5993.70CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 118.0.5993.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.