Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-7024

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2023-7024

Published: December 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84619
CSH Severity: Critical
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-2023-7024
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

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 WebRTC. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
Kibana
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-7024

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 120.0.6099.129
Kibana - addressed in versions 7.17.18, 8.12.1
Microsoft Edge - update to 120.0.2210.91
Google Chrome - update to 120.0.6099.129
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 114.0.5735.346, 120.0.6099.203
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 120.0.2210.133
www-client/chromium - update to 120.0.6099.109
www-client/google-chrome - update to 120.0.6099.109
chromium - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.129-1.el7, 120.0.6099.129-1.el8, 120.0.6099.129-1.el9, 120.0.6099.129-1.fc38, 120.0.6099.129-1.fc39
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.129-1~deb11u1, 120.0.6099.129-1~deb12u1

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