CVE-2024-4058 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to type confusion in ANGLE, potentially executing arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-4058?
CVE-2024-4058 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 1 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Type confusion in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.78 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4058?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (1)
nodejs-electron openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 29.3.2~20240430g19f0abd6-1.1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4058?
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-2024-4058 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4058 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4058, GHSA-23rw-79p3-xgcm, openSUSE-SU-2024:13924-1.