Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-7970

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-7970

Published: September 2, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96704
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7970
CWE-ID: CWE-787
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 V8. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-7970

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 128.0.6613.119
Microsoft Edge - update to 128.0.2739.63
Google Chrome - update to 128.0.6613.119
chromium - addressed in versions 128.0.6613.119-1.el8, 128.0.6613.119-1.el9, 128.0.6613.119-1.fc39, 128.0.6613.119-1.fc40, 128.0.6613.119-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 128.0.6613.119-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 128.138.2888.2

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