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Google Releases Security Update for Exploited Vulnerability CVE-2024-4947

Security update addresses an exploited vulnerability and eight others in Google Chrome

Threat ID:
CC-4494
Threat Severity:
Medium
Published:
16 May 2024 2:36 PM
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Summary

Security update addresses an exploited vulnerability and eight others in Google Chrome

Threat details

Introduction

Google has released a security update which addresses one exploited vulnerability and eight others in Google Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Exploit for CVE-2024-4947 in the wild

Google acknowledges that an exploit for CVE-2024-4947 exists in the wild.

CVE-2024-4947 Type Confusion in V8. (High). Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.60 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation advice

Affected organisations are encouraged to review the Chrome Release 125.0.6422.60 advisory and apply the necessary updates to the latest release.

Last edited: 16 May 2024 2:36 pm