CVE-2024-12694

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-12-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 131.0.6778.204 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 131.0.6778.204 — fixed in 131.0.6778.204

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 131.0.6778.204. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/368222741

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