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CVE-2024-6998:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-6998 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the User Education component of Google Chrome versions prior to 127.0.6533.72. The vulnerability was reported by security researcher Sven Dysthe (@svn-dys) on May 13, 2024, and was assigned a Medium severity rating by the Chromium security team (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Use-after-free (CWE-416) issue in the User Education component of Google Chrome. It received 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 (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page, but only if they can convince a user to engage in specific UI gestures (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 127.0.6533.72 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Chrome Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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