CVE-2024-6778 Race condition in Chrome
An attacker can inject scripts into privileged pages via a malicious extension exploiting a race condition in Chrome DevTools.
- 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-2024-6778?
CVE-2024-6778 is a high-severity 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
Race in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6778?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6778?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-6778 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6778 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6778, GHSA-9m98-937v-r97x.