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Actively exploited in the wild

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Google — Chromium V8 · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2023-06-07. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVE-2023-3079

HighCVSS 8.8KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
31.66%

98th percentile — higher than 98% of all known CVEs

Summary

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to version 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain control over the victim's system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Google Chrome to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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)

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS