CVE-2024-7979 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-7979?

CVE-2024-7979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-345

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7979?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-7979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• 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

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7979, GHSA-3466-hwg6-rp7h.