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CVE-2022-3723 KEV High · 8.8 EPSS 7.9%

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Google · Chromium V8

Summary

A type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome (Chromium V8) allows an incompatible resource type to be accessed, which can lead to heap corruption. An attacker who can reach the victim over the network can exploit it through a crafted HTML page, requiring only that the user visits the page, with no prior authentication needed.

Official description · NVD

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Breakdown
63.1 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 7 days before it was disclosed.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence7 days before
  2. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees4 days before
  3. Disclosedday 0

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Drive-by via malicious web page

via a crafted HTML page
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

Heap corruption enables code execution

potentially exploit heap corruption
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 98 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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References

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