CVE-2023-1815

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Networking APIs in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.49 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Debian Linux: 11.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37
Google Chrome: before 112.0.5615.49 — fixed in 112.0.5615.49

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 112.0.5615.49. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1278708
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FG3CRADL7IL5IHK4NCHG4LAYLKHFXETX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HO3QZY4UQFP4XNF43ILMVVOABMB7KAQ5/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5386
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1278708
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FG3CRADL7IL5IHK4NCHG4LAYLKHFXETX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HO3QZY4UQFP4XNF43ILMVVOABMB7KAQ5/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5386

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