CVE-2024-4671
CVE-2024-4671 is a security flaw in Chrome and other Chromium browsers, the open-source browser that Chrome, Edge, Brave and Opera are built on. Attackers can get past a security protection in Chrome and other Chromium browsers. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 13 May 2024.[1]
Chrome and other Chromium browsers is in things households have, such as phones, computers, browsers and everyday apps, so the fix matters at home as much as at work. Fixed in version 124.0.6367.201.
Description
CISA calls it a visuals use-after-free in Google Chromium. In its words: “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.”[1]
The underlying weakness is use after free (CWE-416), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.[2]
It scores 9.6 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it critical, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists these fixed versions: in each line, everything before the version shown is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 124.0.6367.201 |
| chrome | 124.0.6367.201 |
Every device with Chrome and other Chromium browsers needs the update.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 13 May 2024. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 3 Jun 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 8%. That’s in the top 6% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Google has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Update Chrome and other Chromium browsers now.Chrome updates itself, but only finishes when you restart it: open the menu, choose Help, then About Google Chrome, and click Relaunch. Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi need the same. Then turn on automatic updates, so the next fix arrives on its own.
- Check you’re on 124.0.6367.201 or later.Fixed in version 124.0.6367.201. Anything older is what attackers are going after.
- If there’s no update, stop using it.CISA’s advice when a flaw being used in attacks has no fix is to stop using the product until it does.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 9.6.[2] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 8%.[4] |
See also
Other Chrome and other Chromium browsers flaws
- CVE-2026-2441: CSS use-after-free ·
- CVE-2025-14174: out of bounds memory access ·
- CVE-2025-6558: ANGLE and GPU improper input validation ·
- CVE-2021-37976: information disclosure ·
- CVE-2021-21166: race condition ·
Other Google flaws
- CVE-2026-111497, Google Brotli: unchecked return value ·
- CVE-2026-58704, Google Pixel: improper authorization ·
- CVE-2026-87491, Chrome and other Chromium browsers: out of bounds write ·
- CVE-2026-85046, Chrome and other Chromium browsers: type confusion ·
- CVE-2026-11645, Chrome and other Chromium browsers: out-of-bounds read and write ·
Other use after free flaws
- CVE-2026-109619, PHP: stale internal request-state ·
- CVE-2026-109618, PHP: memory corruption ·
- CVE-2026-68820, Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock: use-after-free ·
- CVE-2010-0249, Microsoft Internet Explorer: use-after-free ·
- CVE-2020-9715, Adobe Acrobat: use-after-free ·
Every Google flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in May 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 13 May 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-4671 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 14 May 2024.
- ^ Google. Advisories and fixes: chromereleases.googleblog.com, chromereleases.googleblog.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.083, percentile 95.0, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-4671”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.