CVE-2024-7966 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can trigger out-of-bounds memory access in Skia via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2024-7966?
CVE-2024-7966 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 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
Out of bounds memory access in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7966?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7966?
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-2024-7966 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7966 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7966, ECHO-8b8f-4bbc-5d03, GHSA-4pj3-wmgx-2h8r.