CVE-2023-38158
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) was identified with an Information Disclosure vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38158. The vulnerability was discovered on July 12, 2023, and publicly disclosed on August 21, 2023. This security flaw affects Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) versions prior to 116.0.1938.54 (CVE Mitre, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 3.1 (LOW) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible (AV:N), requires high attack complexity (AC:H), needs no privileges (PR:N), requires user interaction (UI:R), has unchanged scope (S:U), and can only impact confidentiality at a low level (C:L) with no impact on integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to access sensitive information. The impact is limited to information disclosure with no compromise to system integrity or availability (Microsoft Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) version 116.0.1938.54 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).

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