Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-4559

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-4559

Published: May 7, 2024 / Updated: May 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89233
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-2024-4559
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 WebAudio. 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
www-client/opera
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/google-chrome
www-client/chromium
ww-client/microsoft-edge
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4559

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 124.0.6367.155
Microsoft Edge - update to 124.0.2478.97
Google Chrome - update to 124.0.6367.156
www-client/opera - update to 73.0.3856.284
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 110.0.5130.35
www-client/google-chrome - update to 124.0.2478.97
www-client/chromium - update to 124.0.6367.155
ww-client/microsoft-edge - update to 124.0.6367.155
chromium - addressed in versions 124.0.6367.155-1.el8, 124.0.6367.155-1.el9, 124.0.6367.155-1.fc38, 124.0.6367.155-1.fc39, 124.0.6367.155-1.fc40, 124.0.6367.201-1.el8, 124.0.6367.201-1.el9, 124.0.6367.201-1.fc38, 125.0.6422.60-1.el8, 125.0.6422.60-1.el9, 125.0.6422.60-1.fc38, 125.0.6422.76-1.el8, 125.0.6422.76-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - update to 124.0.6367.155-1~deb12u1

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