Actively exploited · Published Dec 21, 2023 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2023-7024
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Chrome from Google. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on January 2, 2024). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.7% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
CISA guidance
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jan 23, 2024.
Official description
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.129 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.16-r5 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.16-r5 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.16-r5 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.16-r5 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.6.1-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.6.1-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.6.1-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.6.1-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.6.1-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 120.0.6099.129-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 120.0.6099.129-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5585-1 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 120.0.6099.129-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7024 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 120.0.6099.129-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7024 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://crbug.com/1513170
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5585
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U6JL4VHZMHFGEGQYTF74533ZNRWMCMMR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6M6AJDHUL6EDPURWQXGLUFJNDE7SOJT3/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7024 government-resource