CVE-2024-1673 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can exploit heap corruption via UI gestures in Google Chrome, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-1673?
CVE-2024-1673 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 21 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI gestures. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1673?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1673?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-1673 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1673 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1673, GHSA-672f-vpw8-x67x.