Google Chromium contains a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild.
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Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
What this means
This is rated critical severity (9.8 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Google Chrome and Siemens Cadra are in your estate, and treat that as the priority.
Full vendor description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 140.0.7339.185 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Scoring and exploitation
Exploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability
Longer bar: easier to attack
Impact
Longer bar: more harm
- Elevated attack likelihood (~9% in 30 days)Model estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
- Exploited in the wild
- Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
- Not reported
- Listed product
- Google Chromium V8
Weaknesses
Affected products ()
- Google Chrome
- Siemens Cadra
Show the raw CPE strings (2)
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:siemens:cadra:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
4 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.
chromereleases.googleblog.com1 linkVendor advisory
- stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html (opens in a new tab)Release Notes · Vendor Advisory
issues.chromium.org1 link
- 445380761 (opens in a new tab)Issue Tracking · Permissions Required
cert-portal.siemens.com1 link
- ssa-470355.html (opens in a new tab)Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov1 link
- known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (opens in a new tab)US Government Resource
Related feed events
- Type Vulnerability

