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CVE-2024-5494: Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.141 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML...

Description

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.141 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-5494

Affected Products

Vendor: Google

Product: Chrome

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 27.29% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/338071106
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D5SQOWDIVBXQYQPPBSCH7EFISYAOCTHD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZW4TZXVPN3NLZ4UDGZP6OASUM4OVLXX2/

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