CVE-2024-5843 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-5843?

CVE-2024-5843 is a high-severity 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

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5843?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5843?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-5843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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-2024-5843, GHSA-3g94-3h93-rrf8.