CVE-2024-4761: Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Memory Write Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-05-16
EPSS: 11.0% 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-787

Description

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.207 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
Google Chrome: before 124.0.6367.207 — fixed in 124.0.6367.207

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 124.0.6367.207. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/339458194
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/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_13.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/339458194
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/NTSN22LNYXMWHVTYNOYQVOY7VDZFHENQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62AT2REYQDD5ZKPFMDZD/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4761

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