General

Critical Vulnerability in: Google Chromes Use After Free component (CVE-2024-4671)

The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-4671, is considered high-severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is related to a "use after free" weakness in the Visuals component, which is responsible for rendering and displaying content in the browser.

No information is available on the attacks exploiting CVE-2024-4671, but Chrome vulnerabilities are often targeted by commercial spyware vendors. 

2024-05-10 Initial discovery and coverage:

Holm Security has developed a vulnerability test to check if a vulnerable version is present in the host:

  • HID-2-1-5357523 - Google Chrome < 124.0.6367.201 Use After Free Vulnerability

Find out if you are vulnerable
To find out if your environment is vulnerable. You can create a scan profile that specifically looks for the mentioned vulnerability. 
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