CVE-2024-5842

2024-06-1100:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

use after free

browser ui

remote attacker

out of bounds memory.readuint

html page

chromium

ubuntu

debian

severity medium

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

22.0%

JSON

Use after free in Browser UI in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54
allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI
gestures to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: Medium)

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap