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Actively exploited · Published Apr 14, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2023-2033

High 8.8 Exploited

In plain English

A high-severity type confusion in Chrome from Google. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on April 17, 2023). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 40.8% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)40.8%top 1.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Apr 17, 2023
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by May 8, 2023.

Official description

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.13-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-2033
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.13-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-2033
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.13-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-2033
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.13-r1ALPINE-CVE-2023-2033
Debian:12chromium112.0.5615.121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2033
Debian:13chromium112.0.5615.121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2033
Debian:14chromium112.0.5615.121-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2033

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 112.0.5615.121 – before 112.0.5615.121

Weakness: CWE-843 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References