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CVE-2023-4762 — google:chrome

CISA KEV
CVSS v3.1 8.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 63.5% (higher than 98.4% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2023-09-05

As of 2025-10-24, CVE-2023-4762 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in google:chrome, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 63.5% (98.4th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2023-4762, most recently “Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware”.

Last updated: 2025-10-24

What is CVE-2023-4762?

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)

The record classifies CVE-2023-4762 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. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 1104 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)
63.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2023-09-05, last modified 2025-10-24

Is CVE-2023-4762 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2023-4762 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild. It currently carries a trending score of 40 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2023-4762

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2023-4762 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2023-4762

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2023-4762, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

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.

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