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CVE-2024-5159

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.76 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 39, 40
• Google Chrome: before 125.0.6422.76 — fixed in 125.0.6422.76

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 125.0.6422.76. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/335613092
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KEVD4433KTOCYY6V4I7MMYKQ6URUS4L/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX6IYZ6XF7B2WE66NFPNI2NHWJFI6VDF/
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/335613092
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KEVD4433KTOCYY6V4I7MMYKQ6URUS4L/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX6IYZ6XF7B2WE66NFPNI2NHWJFI6VDF/

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