CVE-2024-4949 Use after free in Chrome
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4949, GHSA-p76p-6f26-4vgq.