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CVE-2024-4948: 
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Overview

A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-4948) was discovered in Dawn, the open source, cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard in Chromium. The vulnerability affects Google Chrome versions prior to 125.0.6422.60. This security flaw was reported on April 9, 2024, and was patched in Chrome version 125.0.6422.60 released on May 15, 2024 (Chrome Release, SecurityWeek).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free issue in Dawn, which is the open source, cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard in Chromium. The flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has been assigned a high-severity rating by Google's security team (NVD, Chrome Release).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the browser's security context (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google has released Chrome version 125.0.6422.60 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms to address this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later. The update is being rolled out over the coming days/weeks (Chrome Release).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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