CVE-2024-2173 Memory corruption in Chrome

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds memory access in Chrome's V8 engine via a crafted HTML page, 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-2024-2173?

CVE-2024-2173 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 6 Mar 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

Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.111 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2173?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)
nodejs-electron openSUSE:TumbleweedAll versions28.2.7-1.1

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2173?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-2173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2173, GHSA-6hhg-hj7x-7qv8, openSUSE-SU-2024:13773-1.

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