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CVE-2023-6345

Google Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.6EPSS 16.5%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 21 December 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 119.0.6045.199 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS 3.1
9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
16.47% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 30 November 2023 · due 21 December 2023
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
google/chrome · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · microsoft/edge chromium
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%30 October 2026: 16.47%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 16.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6345

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.