Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2024 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2024-8198
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity heap buffer overflow 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 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.113 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.54.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:74084 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3 | 2.54.0-1.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:69098 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.54.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:74084 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-devel | 2.54.0-1.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:69098 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.54.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:74084 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc | 2.54.0-1.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:69098 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.54.0-1.el8_10 | ALSA-2026:74084 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel | 2.54.0-1.el9_8 | ALSA-2026:69098 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.16-r11 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.17-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.17-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.17-r2 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.7.2-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.7.2-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.7.2-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.7.2-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 128.0.6613.113-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5761-1 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 128.0.6613.113-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 128.0.6613.113-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 128.0.6613.113-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk | 2.54.0-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:13 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Debian:14 | wpewebkit | 2.54.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | webkit2gtk3 | 0:2.54.0-1.el8_10 | RLSA-2026:74084 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | webkit2gtk3 | 0:2.54.0-1.el9_8 | RLSA-2026:69098 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wpewebkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8198 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H