CVE-2024-6988 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome on iOS, affecting versions prior to 127.0.6533.72. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 127.0.6533.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 127.0.6533.72, < 127.0.6533.72CPE 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.