Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2024 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2024-6778
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity race condition in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Race in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | chromium | 126.0.6478.182-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6778 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 126.0.6478.182-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5732-1 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 126.0.6478.182-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6778 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 126.0.6478.182-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6778 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-362, CWE-366 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H