6.5

CVE-2023-2940: google chrome Improper Access Control

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2023-2940
Published 30-05-2023Last modified 12-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2940 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.69%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DSA-5418-1OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0124-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12978-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13100-1

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.69% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.69%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • chromium< 114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1 | < 114.0.5735.90-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ 114.0.5735.90, < 114.0.5735.90 | < 114.0.5735.90

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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