Out-of-bounds write in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-0517

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85444

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4 BT: 6.1 [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/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0517

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 120.0.6099.234
Microsoft Edge - update to 120.0.2210.144
Google Chrome - update to 120.0.6099.224
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.224-1.el7, 120.0.6099.224-1.el8, 120.0.6099.224-1.el9, 120.0.6099.224-1.fc38, 120.0.6099.224-1.fc39
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 120.0.6099.224-1~deb11u1, 120.0.6099.224-1~deb12u1
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 121.0.2277.83
www-client/chromium - update to 121.0.6167.139
www-client/google-chrome - update to 121.0.6167.139

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
• https://crbug.com/1515930

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Fedora 39 update for chromium
• Fedora 38 update for chromium
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for chromium
• Gentoo update for QtWebEngine
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge
• Debian update for chromium