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CVE-2023-4762: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-02-06
• EPSS: 41.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

Description

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)

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0, 12.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 37, 38, 39
• Google Chrome: before 116.0.5845.179 — fixed in 116.0.5845.179
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium): before 116.0.1938.76 — fixed in 116.0.1938.76

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 116.0.5845.179; Microsoft Edge (Chromium) 116.0.1938.76. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1473247
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27NR3KG553CG6LGPMP6SHWEVHTYPL6RC/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1473247

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