High severity · published Sep 5, 2023
CVE-2023-4762
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
41.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)41.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Feb 6, 2024
Federal remediation dueFeb 27, 2024
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
116.0.5845.179 before 116.0.5845.179 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD, CISA
EC
Edge Chromium · Microsoft
before 116.0.1938.76 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD, CISA
CV
Chromium V8 · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4762
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4762
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/1473247
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
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