CVE-2024-5842

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Browser UI in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 39, 40
Google Chrome: before 126.0.6478.54 — fixed in 126.0.6478.54

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 126.0.6478.54. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40062622
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7VXA32LXMNK3DSK3JBRLTBPFUH7LTODU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPU7AB53QQVNTBPGRMJRY5SXJNYWW3FX/
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40062622
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7VXA32LXMNK3DSK3JBRLTBPFUH7LTODU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPU7AB53QQVNTBPGRMJRY5SXJNYWW3FX/

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