CVE-2023-2033
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 8 May 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 40.80% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 17 April 2023 · due 8 May 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · couchbase/couchbase server
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 40.8% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2033
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1432210Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AOSGAOPXLBK4A5ZRTVZ4M6QKVLSWMWG/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES2CDRHR2Y4WY6DNDIAPYZFXJU3ZBFAV/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FEJZMAUB4XP44HSHEBDWEKFGA7DUHY42/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHHD6KNH4WLUE6JG6HRQZWNAJMHJ32X7/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJQI63HWZFL6M26Q6UOHKDY6LD2PFC5Z/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLO7BL2MHZYPY6O3OAEAQL3SKYMGGO6M/Mailing List
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17Third Party Advisory
- https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5390Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1432210Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AOSGAOPXLBK4A5ZRTVZ4M6QKVLSWMWG/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES2CDRHR2Y4WY6DNDIAPYZFXJU3ZBFAV/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FEJZMAUB4XP44HSHEBDWEKFGA7DUHY42/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHHD6KNH4WLUE6JG6HRQZWNAJMHJ32X7/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJQI63HWZFL6M26Q6UOHKDY6LD2PFC5Z/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLO7BL2MHZYPY6O3OAEAQL3SKYMGGO6M/Mailing List
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17Third Party Advisory
- https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5390Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-2033US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.