CVE-2023-3079
Published 2023-06-05 · Updated 2026-10-08 · Source chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Summary
CVE-2023-3079 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Google Chromium V8. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 7, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by June 28, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Google has 76 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 76 known-exploited Google vulnerabilities →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)
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Google — Chromium V8
Name: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-06-07 · Due: 2023-06-28
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1450481
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

