CVE-2024-43496: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Edge - Chromium
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2024-Sep
Released
2024-09-19
EPSS Score
0.62% (percentile: 70.0%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker. According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the victim user to click a malicious link in order for the attacker to initiate remote code execution on the renderer process. What is the version information for this release? Microsoft Edge Channel Microsoft Edge Version Based on Chromium Version Date Released Stable CVE-2024-8904, 129.0.6668.58/.59 9/19/2024

Affected Products (1)

Browser

  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://x.com/eternalsakura13">Nan Wang(@eternalsakura13)</a>

Revision History

  • 2024-09-19: Information published.