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Actively exploited · Published Jun 5, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2023-3079

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 June 7, 2023). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 37.9% (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)37.9%top 1.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Jun 7, 2023
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 28, 2023.

Official 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)

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.14-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-3079
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.14-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-3079
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.14-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-3079
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.14-r4ALPINE-CVE-2023-3079
Debian:12chromium114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1DSA-5420-1
Debian:12chromium114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3079
Debian:13chromium114.0.5735.106-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3079
Debian:14chromium114.0.5735.106-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-3079

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome 114.0.5735.110 – before 114.0.5735.110

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

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