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2024-05-15 22:36
Google has released a new emergency Chrome security update to address the third zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks within a week.
Chrome updates automatically when security patches are available.
CVE-2024-0519: A high-severity out-of-bounds memory access weakness within the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine, allowing remote attackers to exploit heap corruption via a specially crafted HTML page, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-16 | CVE-2024-0519 | Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.224 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |