CVE-2023-5477

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2023-5477 · Published 11/10/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-5477 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.51%, higher than 43.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 118.0.5993.70 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 118.0.5993.70`	`118.0.5993.70`

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Installer in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed a local attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted command. (Chromium security severity: Low)

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1472558 · Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526 · Third Party Advisory

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google

< 118.0.5993.70

118.0.5993.70

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