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CVE-2024-6997

• 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: none known
• Published: 2024-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Tabs in Google Chrome prior to 127.0.6533.72 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 127.0.6533.72 — fixed in 127.0.6533.72

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 127.0.6533.72. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.html
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/325293263

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