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CVE-2023-2941: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-2941 is a low severity vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's Extensions API prior to version 114.0.5735.90. The vulnerability was reported by Jasper Rebane on April 4, 2023, and was officially disclosed on May 30, 2023. The issue affects Google Chrome and its derivatives, including Chromium-based browsers (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from an inappropriate implementation in the Extensions API of Google Chrome. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension to spoof the contents of the UI via a crafted Chrome Extension. The impact is limited to integrity with no effect on confidentiality or availability of the system (CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Google Chrome version 114.0.5735.90 and later versions. Users are advised to upgrade their Chrome browsers to the latest version. The fix has also been incorporated into various Linux distributions including Debian and Gentoo through their respective security updates (Debian, Gentoo).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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