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CVE-2024-6772: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-6772) was identified in Google Chrome's V8 engine prior to version 126.0.6478.182. The vulnerability involves an inappropriate implementation that allows remote attackers to perform out-of-bounds memory access through a specially crafted HTML page (Chrome Release, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue specifically affects the V8 JavaScript engine in Google Chrome, allowing out-of-bounds memory access when processing specially crafted HTML content (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can potentially lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. Given the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation could result in unauthorized access to memory, potentially leading to information disclosure, code execution, or system crashes (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 126.0.6478.182 and later. Users are strongly advised to update to the latest version of Google Chrome to protect against this security issue (Chrome Release).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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