CVE-2024-4671: Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-05-13
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
Google Chrome: before 124.0.6367.201 — fixed in 124.0.6367.201

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 124.0.6367.201. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/
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/NTSN22LNYXMWHVTYNOYQVOY7VDZFHENQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62AT2REYQDD5ZKPFMDZD/
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/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NFEMLIWP7YMIZ2DHF36N/

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