Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2024-06-03 · passed 2 years 3 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
Google Chromium Visuals contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Who is affected
Google Chromium. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-416.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 2 years 3 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2024-4671 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4671
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- chromereleases.googleblog.com chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html?m=1
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4671