Google fixed the first Chrome zero-day of 2023

April 14, 2023  By Pierluigi Paganini


Google released an emergency security update to address a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome which is actively exploited in the wild.

Google released an emergency security update to address the first Chrome zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033) in 2023, the company is aware of attacks in the wild exploiting the issue.

The vulnerability is a Type Confusion issue that resides in the JavaScript engine V8. The vulnerability was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11.

“Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-11” reads the advisory published by Google. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-2033 exists in the wild.”

The company is rolling out the new version in the Stable Desktop channel, this means that it will be available to the entire user base over the coming days or weeks.

“The Stable and extended stable channel has been updated to 112.0.5615.121 for Windows Mac and Linux  which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.” continues the advisory

Google did not disclose details of the attacks exploiting this vulnerability, it will not provide bug details and links until a majority of users will have updated their installs.

“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.” concludes the advisory.

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Pierluigi Paganini
Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.





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