Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-0518

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-0518

Published: January 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85445
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-2024-0518
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
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
dev-qt/qtwebengine
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2024-0518

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

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