CVE-2023-4762

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-02-06. Federal remediation due 2024-02-27.

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

39.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.5% 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

2023-09-05 21:57Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-09-04

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

cb1d55ccda8ecf410cb1e4ed9d45e0bb4be40c38a25390c80912d6888c5c94d1

• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/1473247
• www.debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• msrc.microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-4762government-resource