CVE-2024-4671
Google Chromium: Visuals Use-After-Free
As of , CVE-2024-4671 in Google Chromium is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 13 May 2024
- US federal deadline
- 3 June 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.08Higher than 94% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 13 May 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: chromereleases.googleblog.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's description
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)
The CVE record's description, from Chrome
- CVE published
- 9 May 2024
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- CVSS
- 9.6 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-416
- Use After Free
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Chromium: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-2441CSS Use-After-Free | Google Chromium | Patch this weekEPSS 0.55 | 0.55 | ||
| CVE-2025-14174Out of Bounds Memory Access | Google Chromium | Patch soon | 0.22 | ||
| CVE-2021-21166Race Condition | Google Chromium | Patch soon | 0.24 | ||
| CVE-2021-37976Information Disclosure | Google Chromium | Patch soon | 0.20 | ||
| CVE-2025-6558ANGLE and GPU Improper Input Validation | Google Chromium | Patch soon | 0.09 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org