Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-12695

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-12695

Published: December 18, 2024 / Updated: December 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101842
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12695
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in V8. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
www-client/opera
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2024-12695

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 131.0.6778.204
Microsoft Edge - update to 131.0.2903.112
Google Chrome - update to 131.0.6778.204
www-client/opera - update to 119.0.5497.12
chromium - addressed in versions 131.0.6778.204-1.el8, 131.0.6778.204-1.el9, 131.0.6778.204-1.el10_0, 131.0.6778.204-1.fc40, 131.0.6778.204-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 131.0.6778.204-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 131.205.2943.22
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 134.0.3124.83
www-client/chromium - update to 134.0.6998.117
www-client/google-chrome - update to 134.0.6998.117

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