CVE-2024-6998 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free9 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Google ChromeChromiumPaloalto Prisma Browser
Timeline
PublishedAug 6
Latest updateAug 14

Description

Use after free in User Education 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)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome127.0.6533.72 — 127.0.6533.72
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 127.0.6533.72
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 127.0.6533.88-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c6ch-gp25-6cpv: Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 127↗2024-08-06
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OSV
CVE-2024-6998: Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 127↗2024-08-06
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CVEList
CVE-2024-6998: Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 127↗2024-08-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0007 Prisma Browser: Monthly Vulnerability Updates↗2024-08-14
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2024-6997↗2024-07-23
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2024-6998 Use after free in User Education↗2024-07-09
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Debian
CVE-2024-6998: chromium - Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 127.0.6533.72 allowed...↗2024
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2022-48686 kernel: nvme-tcp: fix UAF when detecting digest errors↗2024-05-03
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