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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-6103
CVE-2024-6103:
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Overview
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-6103) was discovered in the Dawn component of Google Chrome versions prior to 126.0.6478.114. This high-severity security flaw was reported by researcher wgslfuzz on June 4, 2024, and was officially disclosed on June 18, 2024 (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free (CWE-416) issue in the Dawn component of Chrome. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating remote exploitation potential with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with the same privileges as the Chrome browser process (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to Chrome version 126.0.6478.114 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. The update has been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms (Chrome Release).
Additional resources
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