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CVE-2023-3079

CVE-2023-3079HIGH

Google Chromium V8

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .3786   98.5   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions          Fixed
  Chrome   114.0.5735.110 –  —

TIMELINE
  Jun 2   Reserved by Chrome
  Jun 5   Published (CNA: Chrome)
  Jun 7   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-06-28
  Oct 8   EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-3079 (Google Chrome). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-843 · CNA: Chrome · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due June 28, 2023

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)

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 2, 2023	Reserved	Reserved by Chrome
June 5, 2023	Published	Published (CNA: Chrome)
June 7, 2023	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2023-06-28
October 8, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2023-3079 (Google Chrome). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Google	Chrome	—	114.0.5735.110	—

Weaknesses

CWE-843

References (11)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [Vendor Advisory]
https://crbug.com/1450481 [Exploit, Issue Tracking]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/ [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-3079 [US Government Resource]
https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2023-3079 at cve.org

Vendors: google

Weaknesses: CWE-843

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