CVE-2024-1673

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 122.0.6261.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI gestures. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39
Google Chrome: before 122.0.6261.57 — fixed in 122.0.6261.57

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 122.0.6261.57. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41490491
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PWWBMVQTSERVBXSXCZVUKIMEDNQUQ7O3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDCMYQ3J45NHQ4EJREM3BJNNKB5BK4Y7/
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41490491
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PWWBMVQTSERVBXSXCZVUKIMEDNQUQ7O3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDCMYQ3J45NHQ4EJREM3BJNNKB5BK4Y7/

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