| Name | CVE-2024-5838 |
| Description | Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5710-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chromium (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 120.0.6099.224-1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 130.0.6723.91-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 131.0.6778.204-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 131.0.6778.139-1 | fixed |
| sid | 131.0.6778.204-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| chromium | source | buster | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| chromium | source | bullseye | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| chromium | source | bookworm | 126.0.6478.56-1~deb12u1 | | DSA-5710-1 | |
| chromium | source | (unstable) | 126.0.6478.56-1 | | | |
Notes
[bullseye] - chromium <end-of-life> (see #1061268)
[buster] - chromium <end-of-life> (see DSA 5046)