What is CVE-2024-4949?

CVE-2024-4949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-4949?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2024-4949

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.60 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.009 (56.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 125.0.6422.60
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 38, 39, 40

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Release Notes)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Mailing List)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Mailing List)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4949?: CVE-2024-4949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-4949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.