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🛡️ CVE-2024-5839 — chrome

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-474 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Inappropriate Implementation in Memory Allocator in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-5839 is classified as CWE-474: Use of Function with Inconsistent Implementations. The code uses a function that has inconsistent implementations across operating systems and versions.

Affected software

CVE-2024-5839 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • chrome (fixed in 126.0.6478.54)
  • fedora

Timeline and source

Published on 11 June 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com
issues.chromium.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
chromereleases.googleblog.com
issues.chromium.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org

Other advisories for this package

chrome has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-474: Use of Function with Inconsistent Implementations) in other software:

CVE-2024-5839 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-474
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-06-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
chrome — 126.0.6478.54
fedora — —

References

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