CVE-2024-4671

Exp

Use after free in Visuals in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.201 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published: 2024-05-14 Last update: 2025-10-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-4671 is rated Critical Active Threat (85/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-05-13) affecting Google / Chromium. a weakness (CWE-416) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2024-4671

Name: Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-05-13

Action due: 2024-06-03

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-4671

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-04 0.51% 0.17% -0.35%
2 2026-03-22 0.58% 0.51% -0.07%
3 2026-03-21 0.58%

Full EPSS history (52 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-4671

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 6.0 [email protected]
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 6.0 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-4671

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-4671

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2024-4671: 1 source package rows (qt6-qtwebengine); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-4671
debian end-of-life CVE-2024-4671 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-4671
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4671
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-4671 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (focal, jammy, mantic, noble, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-4671

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-4671

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 124.0.6367.201 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-4671

URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html Vendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/339266700 Permissions Required
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BWFSZNNWSQYDRYKNLBDGEXXKMBXDYQ3F/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FAWEKDQTHPN7NFEMLIWP7YMIZ2DHF36N/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NTSN22LNYXMWHVTYNOYQVOY7VDZFHENQ/ Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WSUWM73ZCXTN62AT2REYQDD5ZKPFMDZD/ Mailing List
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-4671 US Government Resource
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