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CVE-2023-3079 KEVPublic exploit High · 8.8 EPSS 37.9%

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Google · Chromium V8

Summary

A type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chromium (in Google Chrome versions before 114.0.5735.110) can lead to heap corruption. An attacker needs only to get a victim to load a crafted HTML page remotely, with no authentication required, though the victim must interact with the page.

Official description · NVD

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)

Breakdown
68.9 / 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 4 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 2 months after disclosure.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence4 days before
  2. Disclosedday 0
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+2 days
  4. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+2 mo

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 crafted HTML page visited

allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page
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ExecutionTA0002

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

Heap corruption in V8 JavaScript engine enables code execution

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110
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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