Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-2136

Memory Safety in Fedoraproject Fedora 36 … 38

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD ExploitedMemory Safety
Published
19 April 2023
Modified
24 October 2025
KEV Added
21 April 2023
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.057 92th percentile
Risk Priority 94 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-2136 is a critical-severity Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2023-2136 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia graphics library within Google Chrome versions prior to 112.0.5615.137. The flaw is tracked under CWE-190 and received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6, reflecting its high severity in the Chromium security framework.

A remote attacker who had already compromised the renderer process could exploit the issue by serving a crafted HTML page, potentially achieving a sandbox escape that grants access to resources outside the renderer’s restricted environment.

Chrome stable channel updates and downstream Fedora package advisories direct users to upgrade to version 112.0.5615.137 or later to address the vulnerability.

The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a recorded peak of 0.0104, indicating emerging exploitation interest after public disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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)

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
21 April 2023

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

google
chrome
≤ 112.0.5615.137
debian
debian linux
11.0
fedoraproject
fedora
36, 37, 38

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require use of safe arithmetic, bounds checks, and testing that prevent integer overflows.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development can detect integer overflows before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and arithmetic checks that prevent integer overflows.

degrades

Application security requirements include bounds checking and safe arithmetic to avoid overflow conditions.

degrades

Secure architecture principles require defensive coding patterns that mitigate integer wraparound risks.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe integer operations and mandate overflow-safe constructs.

References