Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-8636

Vulnerability identifier: #VU97121

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8636

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Skia. 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.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
• https://crbug.com/361461526