CVE-2023-3079 is a high-severity type confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, affecting various products including Google, Apple, and Microsoft. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page to potentially achieve heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, despite no public exploit code being available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 114.0.5735.110CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.