Use after free in Google Chrome Visuals component (CVE-2024-4671) #shorts #breaking
CVE
CVE-2024-4671 identifies a critical security flaw known as a 'use after free' vulnerability within the Visuals component of Google Chrome. This zero-day vulnerability, which surfaced very recently, can be triggered using a specially crafted HTML page. Attackers exploit this flaw to cause heap corruption, which could potentially permit execution of malicious code. The vulnerability impacts all users of Google Chrome versions prior to 124.0.6367.201 and has been identified in attacks on Chrome users worldwide.
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Related Content
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- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/339266700
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTSN22LNYXMWHVTYNOYQVOY7VDZFHENQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NFEMLIWP7YMIZ2DHF36N/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62AT2REYQDD5ZKPFMDZD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/