CVE-2023-3079

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-06-07. Federal remediation due 2023-06-28.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

32.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-06-05 21:40Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-06-02

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9ae63853e664686225d475e0df3f471e007488c3a6686f0c296beeffd9b93e40

• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/1450481
• www.couchbase.comhttps://www.couchbase.com/alerts/
• www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-3079government-resource