Known exploited vulnerability
CVE-2024-4671
The short answer
CVE-2024-4671 affects Google Chrome and is rated critical (CVSS 9.6). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-13: attackers are using it, so patch it first.
What it is
Use after free in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.201 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weakness: CWE-416.
Severity
9.6 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes, since May 13, 2024
Federal due date Jun 3, 2024
EPSS, next 30 days
8.3%
Higher than 95% of scored CVEs
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Affected products
Chrome, chrome, fedora. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html Vendor Advisory
- issues.chromium.org/issues/339266700 Permissions Required
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NFEMLIWP7YMIZ2DHF36N/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTSN22LNYXMWHVTYNOYQVOY7VDZFHENQ/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62AT2REYQDD5ZKPFMDZD/ Mailing List
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html Vendor Advisory
- issues.chromium.org/issues/339266700 Permissions Required
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/ Mailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NFEMLIWP7YMIZ2DHF36N/ Mailing List
Questions
Is CVE-2024-4671 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2024-4671 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-13, with a federal remediation due date of 2024-06-03.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4671?
CISA's required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Analyzed. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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