Google Chrome up to 126.0.6478.182 Layout heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Layout. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-6994. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Layout. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released by Huang Xilin. The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6994. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/06/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 230748 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6994), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 127.0.6533.72 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (230748). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 230748
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6994

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 127.0.6533.72

Timelineinfo

07/24/2024 🔍
07/24/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2025 +235 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Researcher: Huang Xilin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6994 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6994
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-272341

Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2024 05:54
Updated: 03/16/2025 21:19
Changes: 07/24/2024 05:54 (21), 07/24/2024 05:55 (35), 03/06/2025 12:04 (3), 03/16/2025 21:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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