PT-2024-5275 · Google+3 · Google Chrome+3

Lime · Published 2024-07-23 · Updated 2025-09-04 · CVE-2024-6988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 127.0.6533.72 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a use after free in the Downloads component, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to potentially corrupt the heap via a crafted HTML page. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is considered high severity.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 127.0.6533.72, update to version 127.0.6533.72 or later to resolve the issue. For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2024-17740

ALT-PU-2025-4366

BDU:2024-05894

CVE-2024-6988

DSA-5735-1

MGASA-2024-0321

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0254-2

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14272-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Google Chrome

Edge

References · 61

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0321 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14272-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6988 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0321.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:0254-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6988 · Vendor Advisory
• http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5735-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05894 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7532 · Note
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/349198731 · Note
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html · Note