Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3158

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3158

Published: April 2, 2024 / Updated: April 3, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88006
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-2024-3158
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error within the Bookmarks component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2024-3158

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 123.0.6312.105
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 122.0.2365.120, 123.0.2420.81
Google Chrome - update to 123.0.6312.105
www-client/opera - update to 73.0.3856.284
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 110.0.5130.35
chromium - addressed in versions 123.0.6312.105-1.el7, 123.0.6312.105-1.el8, 123.0.6312.105-1.el9, 123.0.6312.105-1.fc38, 123.0.6312.105-1.fc39, 123.0.6312.105-1.fc40
chromium (Debian package) - update to 123.0.6312.105-1~deb12u1
www-client/google-chrome - update to 124.0.2478.97
ww-client/microsoft-edge - update to 124.0.6367.155
www-client/chromium - update to 124.0.6367.155

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