Google Chrome up to 108.0.5359.124 libphonenumber heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Google Chrome. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component libphonenumber. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0138. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component libphonenumber. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 01/10/2023 by Michael Dau. The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-0138. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/07/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 109.0.5414.74 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12228). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 109.0.5414.74

Timelineinfo

01/09/2023 🔍
01/10/2023 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/07/2025 +908 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Researcher: Michael Dau
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217921
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2023 22:46
Updated: 07/07/2025 01:04
Changes: 01/10/2023 22:46 (41), 02/01/2023 09:00 (2), 02/01/2023 09:02 (11), 07/07/2025 01:04 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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