The 'type confusion' flaw is Google's fourth zero-day patch this month.
Google has patched its fourth zero-day vulnerability in Chrome this month.
The eight so far in 2024, Google said the flaw — CVE-2024-5274 — was a type confusion in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine that executes JS code.
Type confusions are when attackers modify the type of a given variable to trigger unintended behavior, reports SC Magazine US.
This type of flaw can lead to many kinds of bypasses and flaws, such as cross-site scripting, access control bypasses, and denial-of-service attacks.
Google also said it’s aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-5274 exists in the wild.
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Dan Raywood
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SC Media UK
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