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Ask HN: How secure is chrome's V8 engine?

1 pointsby tmpmovover 5 years ago
Question: How secure is chrome&#x27;s V8 engine?<p>Another question: Is there a consensus on weak points in V8 that can be mitigated on the client side?<p>Background: I used no-script and other alternatives for about 10 years, but stopped around 2015 due to tedium and other malware mitigation strategies. I&#x27;m assuming tracking remains an issue.<p>I&#x27;m unfamiliar with javascript engine internals but have found [0].<p>I&#x27;ve seen spectre based attacks and a few responses, primarily [1]. I&#x27;ve seen specific attacks [2].<p>Along the way I&#x27;ve found [3] and compared with [4]. These appear to be product based, as opposed to the Javascript engine specifically.<p>I&#x27;m hoping for an overview of current attacks and V8&#x27;s security and&#x2F;or comparison with other client-side browser Javascript engines. A survey paper or link&#x2F;blog would be great.<p>------------------------------<p>[0] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;danbev&#x2F;learning-v8<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;security.googleblog.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;07&#x2F;mitigating-spectre-with-site-isolation.html<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cvedetails.com&#x2F;vulnerability-list&#x2F;vendor_id-1224&#x2F;product_id-15031&#x2F;opec-1&#x2F;Google-Chrome.html<p>[3] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cvedetails.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;15031&#x2F;Google-Chrome.html?vendor_id=1224<p>[4] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cvedetails.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;3264&#x2F;Mozilla-Firefox.html?vendor_id=452

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