Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-5493

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-5493

Published: June 4, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU90965
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-2024-5493
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 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.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-5493

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 125.0.6422.141
Microsoft Edge - update to 125.0.2535.85
Google Chrome - update to 125.0.6422.141
Chrome OS - update to 120.0.6099.315
chromium - addressed in versions 125.0.6422.141-1.el7, 125.0.6422.141-1.el8, 125.0.6422.141-1.el9, 125.0.6422.141-1.fc39, 125.0.6422.141-1.fc40
chromium (Debian package) - update to 125.0.6422.141-1~deb12u1

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