Out-of-Bounds Memory Access via Type Confusion in V8 (Google Chrome <126.0.6478.54)
CVE-2024-5838 Published on June 11, 2024
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-5838 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 an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2024-5838 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-5838
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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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