CVE-2023-3079Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 37.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 7 Jun 2023
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability.
- Added
- 7 Jun 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 28 Jun 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 7 Jun 2023.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.9% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
References
References11
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://crbug.com/1450481 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-3079 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-43770 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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