Another vulnerability in Chrome is being exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-5274, this is a type confusion vulnerability in V8 JavaScript engine. Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Brendon Tiszka of Chrome Security have discovered and reported the vulnerability. CISA acknowledged the active exploitation of CVE-2024-5274 by adding it to its Known … Continue reading “Google Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability, Eighth this year (CVE-2024-5274)”
Tag: Type Confusion Vulnerability
Google Chrome Type Confusion Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2023-3079)
Google released security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used web browser Chrome. Google has given CVE-2023-3079 a high severity rating. The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group. Google is aware of the active exploitation of the vulnerability. The advisory provides no information regarding the other vulnerability … Continue reading “Google Chrome Type Confusion Zero-day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (CVE-2023-3079)”
Google Patches Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability in its Chrome Browser (CVE-2023-2033)
Google Chrome, the most widely used web browser, faces a type confusion vulnerability (CVE-2023-2033). Google has addressed the vulnerability with the latest version of Chrome. Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group has reported this vulnerability. Google has mentioned in the advisory that they are aware of active exploitation of this vulnerability in … Continue reading “Google Patches Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability in its Chrome Browser (CVE-2023-2033)”
Apple Patches Zero-day Vulnerability in WebKit (CVE-2023-23529)
Apple has released security advisories to address a vulnerability in WebKit. The vulnerability has been assigned with the CVE-2023-23529. It affects multiple devices, including macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. Apple has mentioned in its advisory that they are aware of a report that the CVE-2023-23529 may have been actively exploited. The zero-day vulnerability might be used … Continue reading “Apple Patches Zero-day Vulnerability in WebKit (CVE-2023-23529)”
Google Releases Emergency Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability in its Chrome Browser (CVE-2022-4262)
Chrome has released security updates for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix the zero-day vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2022-4262, it is a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group has reported this vulnerability. Google has acknowledged the active exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild. … Continue reading “Google Releases Emergency Update to Fix Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability in its Chrome Browser (CVE-2022-4262)”
Google Patches Zero-day vulnerability in Chrome Browser (CVE-2022-3723)
Google released patches to address a zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser. Tracked as CVE-2022-3723, it is a high-severity vulnerability in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Jan Vojtěšek, Milánek, and Przemek Gmerek of Avast. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3723 exists in the … Continue reading “Google Patches Zero-day vulnerability in Chrome Browser (CVE-2022-3723)”
Google Chrome Releases Fix to Address Zero-day Vulnerability – CVE-2022-1096
Google has released an emergency update to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability – CVE-2022-109). The vulnerability, reported by an anonymous security researcher, is said to be exploited in the wild. This zero-day vulnerability is a type-confusion flaw in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine. A type-confusion error arises when a resource (e.g., a variable or … Continue reading “Google Chrome Releases Fix to Address Zero-day Vulnerability – CVE-2022-1096”
Google Chrome Zero-day Type confusion Vulnerability
The sixth zero day of Google Chrome was talk of the town during the June 2021 Patch Tuesday. The earlier 5 zero days were: CVE-2021-21148 – February 4th, 2021 CVE-2021-21166 – March 2nd, 2021 CVE-2021-21193 – March 12th, 2021 CVE-2021-21220 – April 13th, 2021 CVE-2021-21224 – April 20th, 2021 Google states that they are “aware … Continue reading “Google Chrome Zero-day Type confusion Vulnerability”
Mozilla Firefox And Firefox ESR Type Confusion Vulnerability
Summary: Mozilla Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) suffer from Type Confusion Vulnerability which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Depending on the privileges of the user, an attacker could install, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. This issue was assigned under CVE-2019-17026. Description: Recently a Type … Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox And Firefox ESR Type Confusion Vulnerability”