CVE-2023-5997 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 119.0.6045.159, as well as various Debian and Fedora distributions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page, leading to heap corruption and potential high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.8 (High), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 119.0.6045.159, < 119.0.6045.159CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 119.0.6045.159CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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