CVE-2023-5487 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2023-5487?

CVE-2023-5487 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5487?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5487?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2023-5487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5487, GHSA-vw96-6w82-f9ww.