# CVE-2024-5830: Memory corruption in Chrome

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via out-of-bounds memory write in Chrome's V8 engine using a crafted HTML page.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5830, GHSA-fchp-8m28-g68f

## What is CVE-2024-5830?

CVE-2024-5830 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Jun 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

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-843 (Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5830?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5830?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-5830 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5830 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

- [CVE-2024-4577](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4577/): PHP-CGI OS Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-39226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39226/): Grafana Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-5544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5544/): VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4947/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4671/): Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5830 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5830 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5830 exists.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5830/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5830/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5830
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5830
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5830

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5830/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.