Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-8904

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-8904

Published: September 17, 2024 / Updated: September 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97448
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-2024-8904
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable 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-2024-8904

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 129.0.6668.58
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 128.0.2739.90, 129.0.2792.52
Google Chrome - update to 129.0.6668.58
www-client/opera - update to 116.0.5366.21
chromium - addressed in versions 129.0.6668.58-1.el8, 129.0.6668.58-1.el9, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc39, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc40, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 129.0.6668.58-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 129.101.2913.3
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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