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Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free

Google Chromium

Google Chromium Visuals contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-05-13.

Why this severity: CVSS 9.6 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: May 9, 2024
Closed: May 13, 2024
CVE: CVE-2024-4671

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Updated May 13, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

May 13, 2024
CISA added CVE-2024-4671 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-06-03)
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May 9, 2024
CVE-2024-4671 published
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Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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