CVE-2023-1214 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to type confusion in V8, potentially executing arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-1214?
CVE-2023-1214 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 7 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.64 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1214?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2023-1214?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-1214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1214, GHSA-mr65-2hjp-xxvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1214.