CVE-2023-2458
Published: 12 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-2458 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-2458 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the ChromeOS Camera component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS versions prior to 113.0.5672.114. The flaw, tracked under CWE-416, can lead to heap corruption and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A remote attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a user to perform specific UI interactions within the affected ChromeOS Camera functionality, after which heap corruption may be achieved through that same interaction sequence.
Advisories in the ChromeOS stable channel update and the associated Chromium bug report indicate that the issue is resolved by updating to ChromeOS version 113.0.5672.114 or later.
The EPSS score for this CVE rose materially from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0575 on 2025-01-22 before receding to its current value of 0.0055, indicating that exploitation interest increased well after the original disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33943
Vulnerability details
Use after free in ChromeOS Camera in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 113.0.5672.114 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via UI interaction. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.