CVE-2024-8638 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit object corruption in Chrome's V8 engine via crafted HTML pages, 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-2024-8638?
CVE-2024-8638 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 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
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.137 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8638?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8638?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2024-8638 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8638 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8638, GHSA-jw76-x8jc-r725.