Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-7534

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-7534

Published: August 6, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95428
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7534
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local 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 Layout. 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
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-7534

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 127.0.6533.99
Microsoft Edge - update to 127.0.2651.98
Google Chrome - update to 127.0.6533.99
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - addressed in versions 127.0.6533.99-1.el8, 127.0.6533.99-1.el9, 127.0.6533.99-1.fc39, 127.0.6533.99-1.fc40
chromium (Debian package) - update to 127.0.6533.99-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 127.100.2858.4

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