high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-4762Google Chrome — type confusion in V8 before 116.0.5845.179

A crafted page confuses types in V8, the JavaScript engine in Chrome before 116.0.5845.179, and the attacker's code runs. Every Chromium-based browser carries the same engine and needed the same fix.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update Chrome to 116.0.5845.179 or later, and push the matching release to every other Chromium browser your users have installed.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
8.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
41%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2023-09-05
Added to KEV
2024-02-06
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1203
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsThe user must visit a page the attacker controls.

Fixed inGoogle Chrome >= 116.0.5845.179

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2023-4762 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24