CVE-2024-6772 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit out-of-bounds memory access in Chrome's V8 engine via crafted HTML pages, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- 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-2024-6772?
CVE-2024-6772 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 Jul 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 V8 in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6772?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6772?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-6772 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6772 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6772, GHSA-cc8c-62x7-qwjr.