CVE-2024-4671: Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 13 May 2024, 4 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

8.3%

EPSS score, percentile 94.9 of all scored records

How severe?

9.6 Critical

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

CISA deadline 3 Jun 2024. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• from 124.0.6367.201 to before 124.0.6367.201

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 3 June 2024.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html?m=1
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4671

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this vulnerability

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.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2024-4671 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 13 May 2024.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 3 Jun 2024.
• The CVE record was published on 9 May 2024, 4 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.6 (Critical), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.3% (percentile 94.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

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)

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-416: Use After Free

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

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

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