CVE-2023-5857

moderate-risk

Published 2023-11-01

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.105 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Do I need to act?

1.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Chrome

Debian Linux

Fedora

Affected Vendors

Debian Google Fedoraproject

References (18)

Release Notes https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_...

Permissions Required https://crbug.com/1493435

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5546

Release Notes https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_...

Permissions Required https://crbug.com/1493435

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5546

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moderate-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal

Exposure 13/34 · Low