Security News > 2022 > October > Google Issues Urgent Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability
Google on Thursday rolled out emergency fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3723, has been described as a type confusion flaw in the V8 JavaScript engine.
Security researchers Jan Vojtěšek, Milánek, and Przemek Gmerek of Avast have been credited with reporting the flaw on October 25, 2022.
"Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3723 exists in the wild," the internet giant acknowledged in an advisory without getting into more specifics about the nature of the attacks.
CVE-2022-3723 is the third actively exploited type confusion bug in V8 this year after CVE-2022-1096 and CVE-2022-1364.
The latest fix also marks the resolution of the seventh zero-day in Google Chrome since the start of 2022 -.
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/google-issues-urgent-chrome-update-to.html
Related news
- Apple Releases Patch for WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks (source)
- Google to kill Chrome Sync on older Chrome browser versions (source)
- Zyxel CPE devices under attack via critical vulnerability without a patch (CVE-2024-40891) (source)
- Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks (source)
- Russian cybercrooks exploiting 7-Zip zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-0411) (source)
- Fake Google Chrome Sites Distribute ValleyRAT Malware via DLL Hijacking (source)
- Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws (source)
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws (source)
- PostgreSQL Vulnerability Exploited Alongside BeyondTrust Zero-Day in Targeted Attacks (source)
- Google Chrome's AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone (source)
Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-01 | CVE-2022-3723 | Type Confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |
| 2022-07-26 | CVE-2022-1364 | Type Confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome Type confusion in V8 Turbofan in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.127 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |
| 2022-07-23 | CVE-2022-1096 | Type Confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |