CVE-2023-3079 — Google Chrome
CISA KEVAs of 2025-10-24, CVE-2023-3079 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 2.1% (84.1th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-06-07), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2023-06-28. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-3079, most recently “Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware”.
Last updated: 2025-10-24
What is CVE-2023-3079?
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)
The record classifies CVE-2023-3079 under weakness class CWE-843. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 10 affected-product entries are recorded, across 7 vendors, listed below. The identifier was first published 1196 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.1% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2023-06-07, federal remediation deadline 2023-06-28
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2023-06-05, last modified 2025-10-24
Is CVE-2023-3079 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2023-3079 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-06-07, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2023-06-28 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 36 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Google: Chrome
- Apple: Macos
- Linux: Kernel
- Microsoft: Windows
- Debian: Linux 11.0, Linux 12.0
- Fedoraproject: Fedora 37, Fedora 38
- Couchbase: Server, Server 7.2.0
How to fix CVE-2023-3079
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2023-3079. Vendor advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Because CVE-2023-3079 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2023-06-28. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-3079
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-3079, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware — HIGH · 2026-04-08
Sources
Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.
- chromereleases.googleblog.com
- crbug.com
- debian.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org (DYTXO5E3FI3I2ETDP3HF4SHYYTFMKMIC)
- security.gentoo.org
- security.gentoo.org (202401 34)
- packetstormsecurity.com
- packetstormsecurity.com (Chrome V8 Type Confusion New Sandbox Esc)
- couchbase.com
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