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CVE-2024-9120

Google Chrome

Google CVSS 8.8 Updated March 15, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome on Windows allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, posing a high security risk. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution, compromising the security of the system."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset chrome.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%GoogleChromeApplication
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: chrome.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'chrome.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Unlikely

Web browsing services may be temporarily interrupted

Internal Work Notes

Apply Chrome update to version 129.0.6668.70 or later to mitigate use-after-free vulnerability in Dawn component

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