CVE-2024-4949

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.60 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 38, 39, 40
Google Chrome: before 125.0.6422.60 — fixed in 125.0.6422.60

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 125.0.6422.60. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/326607001
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_15.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/326607001
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/

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