CVE-2024-8636

Summary

CVE-2024-8636 is a critical vulnerability identified in Google Chrome versions prior to 128.0.6613.137, characterized as a heap buffer overflow within the Skia graphics library. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to exploit heap corruption through specially crafted HTML pages, posing significant risks including high integrity and confidentiality impacts on affected systems. Organizations utilizing affected versions of Google Chrome should remediate this threat by updating to the latest version immediately, as exploitation may lead to unauthorized access or control over sensitive data. The CVSS score for this vulnerability is 8.8, indicating a high severity level with low attack complexity and no required privileges for exploitation, although user interaction is necessary. For further details and updates, references include Google's release notes and related Chromium issue discussions.

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