8.8

CVE-2024-6997: google chrome Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2024-6997CGA-fv4q-px8f-g9gwCGA-hf5x-6572-2xrm
Published 06-08-2024Last modified 13-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6997 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DSA-5735-1MGASA-2024-0321OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0254-2OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14272-1CGA-8WWW-Q847-RVC9

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use after free in Tabs in Google Chrome prior to 127.0.6533.72 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • chromium< 127.0.6533.72-r0
Debian1 product
  • chromium< 127.0.6533.88-1~deb12u1 | < 127.0.6533.88-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ 127.0.6533.72, < 127.0.6533.72 | < 127.0.6533.72
Wolfi1 product
  • chromium< 127.0.6533.72-r0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

3 links