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CVE-2023-2136

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-04-21 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2023-04-19
  • WeaknessCWE-190

Am I affected?

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Description

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)

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-04-1904:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-04-21Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2023-04-21Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-04-21Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-01-2816:25SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

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Versions per branch

NVD
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
36.x= 36no fix published
37.x= 37no fix published
38.x= 38no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0= 11.0no fix published
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
112.0< 112.0.5615.137112.0.5615.137

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Chrome, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Google Chrome
    Affected
    • ≥ 112.0.5615.137, < 112.0.5615.137fixed in 112.0.5615.137custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-09-30

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.165-bp154.2.84.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.165-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.165-bp154.2.84.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.138-1
  • chromiumDebian:13all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.138-1
  • chromiumDebian:12all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.138-1
  • chromiumDebian:11all versions · fixed in 112.0.5615.138-1~deb11u1

5 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2023-2136 Red Hat Product Security

    chromium-browser: Integer overflow in Skia

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2023-05-12

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2023-04-21
Patch Due Date
2023-05-12
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-04-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-63j8-q3xx-g3c2

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2136?

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)

Is CVE-2023-2136 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2023-2136 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2023-05-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-2136?

CVE-2023-2136 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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