VDB-228437 · CVE-2023-2137 · GCVE-0-2023-2137

Microsoft Edge sqlite heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Edge. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component sqlite. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-2137. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component sqlite. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 04/20/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-2137. 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 10/03/2024).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Edge

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/17/2023 🔍
04/20/2023 +3 days 🔍
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04/26/2025 +718 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2023-2b6ba1c253
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-2137 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2137
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-228437

Entryinfo

Created: 05/09/2023 19:57
Updated: 04/26/2025 20:09
Changes: 05/09/2023 19:57 (7), 05/09/2023 19:58 (5), 05/09/2023 20:01 (31), 06/01/2023 09:43 (3), 10/03/2024 22:39 (35), 04/26/2025 20:09 (3)
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