Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-9120

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-9120

Published: September 24, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97676
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-2024-9120
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error within the Dawn component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
watsonx Assistant Cartridge
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-9120

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 129.0.6668.70
Microsoft Edge - update to 129.0.2792.65
Google Chrome - update to 129.0.6668.70
watsonx Assistant Cartridge - update to 5.1.1
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.1.1
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - update to 129.0.6668.70-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 129.0.6668.70-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 129.101.2913.3

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