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

> CVE-2023-4762: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-4762
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:39Z

- Published: 2023-09-05 21:57 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05 UTC · Assigner: Chrome
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 41.4%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-02-06, federal due date 2024-02-27, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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)

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- debian: debian\_linux
- fedoraproject: fedora
- google: chrome
- Google: Chrome

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4762)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4762)
- [https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html)
- [https://crbug.com/1473247](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/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/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/)
- [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/)
- [https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4762)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34)
- [https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491](https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5491)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-4762 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-4762.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-4762 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:04:15.139Z