CVE-2023-5997

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 60.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-11-15 17:19Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-16 18:23Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-11-07

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8d8efea47b270b8ca712a1618255c0557b8c4ee84dbbffc979d2941581c83b65

• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
• crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/1497997
• www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5556
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWHRLW3GDNFBFSBHDD4QOPUPX7ORTUEC/
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JHUI5HW7QXT3U74MJMTLUMF5REDO5HD5/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN3JQGEC4EFQP3WTI33YBD3CLC3I7P4X/
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34