CVE-2023-2136: Google Chrome Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-04-21
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Debian Linux: 11.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37, 38
Google Chrome: before 112.0.5615.137 — fixed in 112.0.5615.137

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 112.0.5615.137. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
https://crbug.com/1432603
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AOSGAOPXLBK4A5ZRTVZ4M6QKVLSWMWG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES2CDRHR2Y4WY6DNDIAPYZFXJU3ZBFAV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FEJZMAUB4XP44HSHEBDWEKFGA7DUHY42/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHHD6KNH4WLUE6JG6HRQZWNAJMHJ32X7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJQI63HWZFL6M26Q6UOHKDY6LD2PFC5Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLO7BL2MHZYPY6O3OAEAQL3SKYMGGO6M/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5393
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
https://crbug.com/1432603

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