Renderer code execution via mis-modeled stack checks
Published Jun 26, 2023 · Updated May 5, 2025
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome before 114.0.5735.198 allows remote attackers to execute code in the renderer via a crafted page. V8 marks JSStackCheck as side-effect-free even though its interrupt path can alter an object's map, causing JIT map-check elimination to use an incompatible type. A victim must visit the malicious page, and resulting code execution remains inside Chrome's renderer sandbox.
Summary
What happened
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome before 114.0.5735.198 allows remote attackers to execute code in the renderer via a crafted page. V8 marks JSStackCheck as side-effect-free even though its interrupt path can alter an object's map, causing JIT map-check elimination to use an incompatible type. A victim must visit the malicious page, and resulting code execution remains inside Chrome's renderer sandbox.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3420
- Published
- Jun 26, 2023
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-843, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=114.0.5735.198 <114.0.5735.198
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- Getting RCE in Chrome with incorrect side effect in the JIT compilerproof of concept · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- In-the-wild exploitation through WeChat XWalk WebViewreported exploitation
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