VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-4762
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 41.1%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 27 February 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 41.08% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 6 February 2024 · due 27 February 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · microsoft/edge chromium
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4762
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1473247Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/Mailing List
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1473247Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/Mailing List
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-4762US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.