CVE-2023-5474 - Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file

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Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file

Published Oct 11, 2023

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.88%

Description

Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Vendor Google Product Chrome Default
unknown
Affected
- ≥ 118.0.5993.70, < 118.0.5993.70

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
Google	Chrome	unknown	Affected ≥ 118.0.5993.70, < 118.0.5993.70

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

References (7)

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1483194
Permissions Required
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-57788
Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526
Third Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html		Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1483194		Permissions Required
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-57788		Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11		Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07		Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526		Third Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner Chrome

Published Oct 11, 2023

Updated May 1, 2025

Reserved Oct 10, 2023

Link CVE-2023-5474

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated Apr 23, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2023-5474

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner Chrome

Published Oct 11, 2023

Updated May 1, 2025

Link EUVD-2023-57788

GitHub

No data