CVE-2024-7018 Memory corruption in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-7018?

CVE-2024-7018 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Sep 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

Heap buffer overflow in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.78 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-122

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7018?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7018?

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-2024-7018 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7018 exists.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7018, GHSA-53c9-m2h7-5xhr.