Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3516

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3516

Published: April 10, 2024 / Updated: April 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88435
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-2024-3516
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 ANGLE. 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
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-3516

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 123.0.6312.122
Microsoft Edge - update to 123.0.2420.97
Google Chrome - update to 123.0.6312.122
chromium - addressed in versions 123.0.6312.122-1.el7, 123.0.6312.122-1.el8, 123.0.6312.122-1.el9, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc38, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc39, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc40, 124.0.6367.78-1.el9, 124.0.6367.91-1.el9, 124.0.6367.118-1.el9, 124.0.6367.155-1.el9, 124.0.6367.201-1.el9, 125.0.6422.60-1.el9, 125.0.6422.76-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - update to 123.0.6312.122-1~deb12u1

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