CVE-2024-6293

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: 2024-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 39, 40
Google Chrome: before 126.0.6478.126 — fixed in 126.0.6478.126

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 126.0.6478.126. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/345993680
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6OJ65HWXYSYMH55VDO6N36EOZFUNL4O/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHV5WTU27YOIBIM2CON42SHWY6J2HPRS/
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/345993680
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6OJ65HWXYSYMH55VDO6N36EOZFUNL4O/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHV5WTU27YOIBIM2CON42SHWY6J2HPRS/

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