What is CVE-2023-3742?

CVE-2023-3742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-3742?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2023-3742

Insufficient policy enforcement in ADB in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to bypass device policy restrictions via physical access to the device. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published 2023-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 114.0.5735.90
Google Chrome OS

References

bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail (Exploit, Mailing List)
crbug.com/1443292 (Exploit, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3742?: CVE-2023-3742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-3742?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.