CVE-2023-6702 is a high-severity type confusion vulnerability in V8, the JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 120.0.6099.109, < 120.0.6099.109CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 120.0.6099.109CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 120.0.2210.77CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.