CVE-2023-5474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Google	Chrome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
https://crbug.com/1483194
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-10-11T22:28:53.165Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T17:45:38.920Z

Reserved: 2023-10-10T00:12:40.051Z

Link: CVE-2023-5474

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.717Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-11T23:15:10.557

Modified: 2025-05-01T18:15:52.563

Link: CVE-2023-5474

Redhat

No data.

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