CVE-2023-4762

critical-risk

Published 2023-09-05

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Do I need to act?

63.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 36% of all CVEs

CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild

On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 8.8/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Chrome

Debian Linux

Fedora

Edge Chromium

Affected Vendors

Debian Microsoft Google Fedoraproject

References (21)

Vendor Advisory https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop....

Permissions Required https://crbug.com/1473247

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Patch https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

Mailing List https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491

Vendor Advisory https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop....

Permissions Required https://crbug.com/1473247

Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproje...

Patch https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

Mailing List https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491

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critical-risk

Severity 30/34 · Critical

Exploitability 26/34 · High

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate