Use-After-Free in Chrome Dawn (v<126.0.6478.54) Remote Heap Exploit
CVE-2024-5832 Published on June 11, 2024
Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-5832 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2024-5832 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-5832
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 126.0.6478.54 and below 126.0.6478.54 is affected.
- Before 126.0.6478.54 is affected.
- Version 39 is affected.
- Version 40 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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