CVE-2024-4761 Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Write

What is CVE-2024-4761?

CVE-2024-4761 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 May 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 write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.207 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4761?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4761?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 6 Jun 2024.

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

Is CVE-2024-4761 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-4761 in the wild since at least 16 May 2024.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

• CVE-2024-4577 PHP-CGI OS Command Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-39226 Grafana Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-5544 VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-4947 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-4671 Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4761, DSA-5689-1, GHSA-8q82-45v9-cmr9, openSUSE-SU-2024:13976-1.