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CVE-2024-5274

Google Chrome V8 Type Confusion Remote Code Execution

VendorfedoraprojectPublishedMay 28, 2024SourceNVDWeaknessCWE-843
Act now

Actively exploited in the wild. Patch or mitigate immediately — don't wait for a maintenance window.

Severity
Critical · 9.6
CVSS base score
Exploitation
In the wild
CISA KEV
Predicted risk
7% model
EPSS forecast — overtaken by confirmed exploitation
Exposure
Remote
Exploitable over the network without credentials
01

What's the risk?

An unauthenticated attacker, remotely over the network, if a user is tricked into opening a malicious file or link, can fully compromise the system — steal data, tamper with it and take it offline.

Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 125.0.6422.112 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

How it's exploitedMITRE ATT&CK · 1 observed in the wild
Execution
T1203Exploitation for Client Executionobserved

Techniques marked “observed” are corroborated by threat intelligence; the rest are inferred from the weakness type (CWE) and attack vector.

02

Who's exploiting it?

Corroborated threat activity referencing this CVE — with source and confidence, not inference.

Confirmed exploited in the wild. CISA KEV · catalogued May 28, 2024
Observed techniques MITRE-analysed · CTID Mappings Explorer
T1189Drive-by CompromiseobservedT1203Exploitation for Client Executionobserved

These techniques were analysed against this CVE's real-world exploitation — the matching entries in the ATT&CK chain above are marked “observed”.

03

Are we affected?

3
  • Affectedfedoraproject · fedora39
  • Affectedfedoraproject · fedora40
  • Affectedgoogle · chromeall versions
04

What to do

Generated by Wavense from the CVE record — an immediate mitigation and the permanent fix.

  1. !

    Mitigate now

    To reduce risk before patching, users should exercise extreme caution with untrusted websites and email links. Organizations can enforce strict content security policies (CSPs) and utilize endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to monitor for suspicious browser activity. Additionally, deploying a robust web proxy or firewall could help filter known malicious web content.

  2. ✓

    Permanent fix

    The permanent resolution is to immediately update Google Chrome to version 125.0.6422.112 or a newer release. This update contains the necessary fix for the type confusion vulnerability in the V8 engine. All versions prior to 125.0.6422.112 are affected and require an upgrade to protect against exploitation.

Technical details— weakness, CVSS vector & calculator, related CVEs

Business impact

An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution within the browser's sandbox by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page. This critical vulnerability allows for sensitive data compromise, system manipulation, and potential further compromise of the underlying operating system. The business consequences include data breaches, reputational damage, and operational disruption.

Weakness

1
CWE-843Common Weakness Enumeration · MITRE definition

CVSS 3.1 details

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0
/ 10.0 base
Critical severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability metrics
Attack VectorAV
Remotely exploitable across a network
Attack ComplexityAC
No special conditions required
Privileges RequiredPR
No authorization needed
User InteractionUI
A user must take an action
Impact metrics
ScopeS
Impact extends to other components
ConfidentialityC
Total loss of confidentiality
IntegrityI
Total loss of integrity
AvailabilityA
Total loss of availability

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/ 10.0 base
Critical severity
Key facts
CVE ID
CVE-2024-5274
Published
May 28, 2024
Last modified
Oct 24, 2025
CVSS
9.6 (v3.1)
EPSS
7.47%
In CISA KEV
Yes
Confidence
100/100
Weakness
CWE-843
Timeline
  1. May 28, 2024Published to NVDNVD
  2. Oct 24, 2025Record last modifiedNVD
  3. Aug 18, 2026AI analysis generatedWavense
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