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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU101842

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12695

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

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.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
• https://crbug.com/383647255