CVE-2023-7024 vulnerability in Google and Other Products
Published on December 21, 2023
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Google Chromium WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an attacker to cause crashes or code execution. This vulnerability could impact web browsers using WebRTC, including but not limited to Google Chrome.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by January 23, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-7024 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2023-7024 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-7024
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-7024?
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Google Chrome
Fixed in Version 120.0.6099.129
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Debian Linux
Version 11.0
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Debian Linux
Version 12.0
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Fedora Project Fedora
Version 38
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Fedora Project Fedora
Version 39