Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-3079
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-05 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-31 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionType 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)

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.021050000 probability, percentile 0.840150000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2023-06-07; due 2023-06-28; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-843

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorGoogle
ProductChromium V8
NameGoogle Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3079

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop MISC chromereleases.googleblog.com
1450481 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail MISC crbug.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: chromium-114.0.5735.106-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-11) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
Enterprise Security Alerts & Advisories for Couchbase www.couchbase.com
Chrome V8 Type Confusion / New Sandbox Escape ≈ Packet Storm packetstormsecurity.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5420-1 chromium MISC www.debian.org
Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-34) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: chromium-114.0.5735.106-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Chrome V8 Type Confusion ≈ Packet Storm packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181832 Debian Security Update for chromium (DSA 5420-1)
  • 284034 Fedora Security Update for chromium (FEDORA-2023-f4954af225)
  • 284062 Fedora Security Update for chromium (FEDORA-2023-6fe7ff3452)
  • 378549 Google Chrome Prior to 114.0.5735.106 for Linux and Mac and 114.0.5735.110 for Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 378557 Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Prior to 114.0.1823.41 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 378588 Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Prior to 109.0.1518.115 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 503241 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 506198 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 691182 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for chromium (12741b1f-04f9-11ee-8290-a8a1599412c6)
  • 691191 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for electron24 (aae2ab45-2d21-4cd5-a53b-07ec933400ac)
  • 691192 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for electron22 (3c3d3dcb-bef7-4d20-9580-b4216b5ff6a2)
  • 691193 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for electron23 (3bf6795c-d44c-4033-9b37-ed2e30f34fca)
  • 710797 Gentoo Linux QtWebEngine Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-11)
  • 710849 Gentoo Linux Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-34)
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