Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-1283

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-1283

Published: February 6, 2024 / Updated: February 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86198
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-2024-1283
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 Skia. 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.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2024-1283

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 121.0.6167.160
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 120.0.2210.175, 121.0.2277.113
Google Chrome - update to 121.0.6167.160
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/opera - update to 119.0.5497.12
Chrome OS - update to 120.0.6099.294
chromium - addressed in versions 121.0.6167.160-1.el7, 121.0.6167.160-1.el8, 121.0.6167.160-1.el9, 121.0.6167.160-1.fc38, 121.0.6167.160-1.fc39
chromium (Debian package) - update to 121.0.6167.160-1~deb12u1
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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