{"id":"CVE-2023-3079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-3079","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:45:26.043Z","title":"Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability","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)","published":"2023-06-05T22:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-08T18:04:21.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-843"],"affected":["google/chrome","fedoraproject/fedora","debian/debian linux","couchbase/couchbase server"],"epss":{"score":0.37858,"percentile":0.98543,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[{"date":"2026-10-09","score":0.37858,"percentile":0.98515}]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2023-06-07","dueDate":"2023-06-28","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3079"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 28 June 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.37858,"from":0.3211,"percentile":0.98515},"summary":"EPSS moved from 32.1% to 37.9% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1450481","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1450481","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.couchbase.com/alerts/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-3079","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}