CVE-2024-3169 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, affecting versions prior to 121.0.6167.139. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, users are strongly advised to update Chrome immediately to mitigate this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 121.0.6167.139CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 121.0.6167.139, < 121.0.6167.139CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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