CVE-2024-3173 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-3173?

CVE-2024-3173 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-345, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3173?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3173?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-3173 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3173 exists.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-3173, GHSA-m2vv-g52m-x3qw.