CVE-2024-2174 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's V8 engine via crafted HTML pages, 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-2024-2174?

CVE-2024-2174 is a high-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

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-358

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2174?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2174?

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-2024-2174 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2174 exists.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-2174, GHSA-vgj9-5c97-pwx2.

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