CVE-2023-3079

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2023-06-07

Actively exploited. CVE-2023-3079 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-06-07) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-3079 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

CSIRTS triage

What: Google Chromium V8 Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows potential heap corruption.
Who is affected: Multiple web browsers utilizing Chromium, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and has critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest version of affected browsers to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 98% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Exploit availability

Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-3079 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.

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Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2023-3079: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-06-07

External references

NVD record for CVE-2023-3079

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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