CVE-2024-6994

CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Aug 6, 2024
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
CWE ID 122
CWE ID 787

Summary

CVE-2024-6994 is a medium severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 127.0.6533.72. This issue lies within the Layout component, enabling a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a specially crafted HTML page. The successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution, leading to potential security risks. Users are encouraged to update their Chrome browsers to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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