CVE-2023-2461

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in OS Inputs in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to enage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Debian Linux: 11.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 36, 37, 38
Google Chrome: before 113.0.5672.63 — fixed in 113.0.5672.63

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 113.0.5672.63. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1350561
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6P5RJ6UD37IPBWU3GPQNMIUFVOVCGSLY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3V6GPGMY6ZWVWPECMQGGOKQVATXJ5BA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4JI552XDFD6DYFU6WNCRBCAXWOFOOSF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5398
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1350561
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6P5RJ6UD37IPBWU3GPQNMIUFVOVCGSLY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3V6GPGMY6ZWVWPECMQGGOKQVATXJ5BA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4JI552XDFD6DYFU6WNCRBCAXWOFOOSF/

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