Client-side code execution via read-only property overwrite
Published Aug 15, 2023 · Updated May 5, 2025
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome before 116.0.5845.96 allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory via a crafted HTML page. TurboFan omits kDefine from its read-only-property guard, permitting rawJSON replacement with a non-string that JsonStringifier casts without checking. The attack requires a user to load the page; the demonstrated primitive corrupts browser-process memory and supports client-side code execution.
Summary
What happened
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome before 116.0.5845.96 allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory via a crafted HTML page. TurboFan omits kDefine from its read-only-property guard, permitting rawJSON replacement with a non-string that JsonStringifier casts without checking. The attack requires a user to load the page; the demonstrated primitive corrupts browser-process memory and supports client-side code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-4352
- Published
- Aug 15, 2023
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-843, T1203, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 15, 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=116.0.5845.96 <116.0.5845.96
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Chrome Read-Only Property Overwriteproof of concept · demonstrated
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