CVE-2023-3079

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-06-07), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 32%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3
8.8
Vendor severity
HIGHper Google (Chromium)Vendor's own band, not a CVSS rating — advisory text: (Chromium security severity: High)
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
32%
EPSS %ILE
98%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

June 5, 2023

Last Modified

October 24, 2025

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DSA 5420-1] chromium security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5420
generic

Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202401-34) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
generic

QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202311-11) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: chromium-114.0.5735.106-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U4OXTNIZY4JYHJT7CVLPAJQILI6BISVM/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: chromium-114.0.5735.106-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC/
generic
https://crbug.com/1450481
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176212/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion-New-Sandbox-Escape.html
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176211/Chrome-V8-Type-Confusion.html

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium100.0.4896.127-1 ... 99.0.4844.84-1~deb11u1 (108 versions)114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium113.0.5672.126-1 ... 114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1 (6 versions)114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—114.0.5735.106-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
chromium—114.0.5735.106-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 106× in last 7d / 443× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,450 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-08 13:51 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-08 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-08 10:10 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-08 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-08 06:28 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-08 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-08 02:48 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-08 02:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-07 23:09 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-07 23:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-07 19:29 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-07 19:29 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-07 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-07 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-07 15:50 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-07 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-07 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-07 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-07 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-07 08:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-07 04:48 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-07 04:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-07 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-07 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-06 21:29 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-06 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-06 17:49 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-06 17:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-06 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-06 14:09 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-06 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-06 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-06 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-06 06:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-06 03:10 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-06 03:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-05 23:29 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-05 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-05 19:48 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-05 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-05 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-05 16:09 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-05 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-05 15:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-05 12:28 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-05 12:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-05 08:49 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-05 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-05 05:09 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-05 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-09-05 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-05 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-04 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-04 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-04 18:07 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-04 18:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-09-04 17:38 UTCCISA KEV update
  35. 2026-09-04 14:25 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-04 14:25 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-04 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-04 13:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-09-04 10:45 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-04 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-04 07:05 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-04 07:05 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-04 07:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-04 05:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-04 03:23 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-04 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-03 23:43 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-03 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-03 20:01 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-03 20:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-03 16:22 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-03 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-03 12:42 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-03 12:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-03 09:02 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-03 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-03 05:22 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-03 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-03 01:41 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-03 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-02 22:01 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-02 22:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-02 18:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-09-02 17:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  65. 2026-09-02 14:37 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-02 14:37 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-02 14:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-02 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-09-02 10:58 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-02 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-09-02 07:15 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-02 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-02 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-02 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-01 23:54 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2023-3079?
CVE-2023-3079 is a critical vulnerability published on June 5, 2023. Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
When was CVE-2023-3079 disclosed?
CVE-2023-3079 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 5, 2023, with the most recent update on October 24, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-3079 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2023-3079 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on June 7, 2023, affecting Google Chromium V8. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-3079?
CVE-2023-3079 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2023-3079?
CVE-2023-3079 affects Google Chromium V8. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-3079?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-3079, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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