Google · Chromium
CVE-2024-4671
Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Vulnerability
What it is
Use after free in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.201 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CISA: Google Chromium Visuals contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Deadline for US federal agencies: June 3, 2024
- Added to the CISA list
- May 13, 2024
- Published
- May 9, 2024
- Severity
- Critical 9.6 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 8.3% in the top 5.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (7)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/339266700
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTSN22LNYXMWHV…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NF…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJP…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRY…
More exploited flaws from Google
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | CSS Use-After-Free | Chromium | High 8.8 | 55% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Out of Bounds Memory Access | Chromium | High 8.8 | 55% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | ANGLE and GPU Improper Input Validation | Chromium | High 8.8 | 11% |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Race Condition | Chromium | High 8.8 | 24% |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Information Disclosure | Chromium | Medium 6.5 | 20% |
| Oct 27, 2026 | Unchecked Return Value | Brotli | Critical 9.2 | 55% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Improper Authorization | Pixel | High 8.8 | 0.6% |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Out of Bounds Write | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 3.5% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.