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

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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
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
www-client/opera
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

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
www-client/opera - update to 116.0.5366.21
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
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 131.0.2903.63
www-client/chromium - update to 131.0.6778.85
www-client/google-chrome - update to 131.0.6778.85

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