CVE-2024-4949 Use after free in Chrome

Critical 9.6 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free flaw in the V8 engine.

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-2024-4949?

CVE-2024-4949 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 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

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.60 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4949?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4949?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-4949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4949, GHSA-p76p-6f26-4vgq.

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