CVE-2024-6991

CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Aug 6, 2024
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
CWE ID 416

Summary

CVE-2024-6991 is a newly disclosed vulnerability in Google Chrome's Dawn rendering library, affecting versions prior to 127.0.6533.72. This issue involves a use-after-free condition, which can lead to heap corruption. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious HTML page. The Chromium security team has rated this issue as high severity.

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