Google Chrome up to 124.0.6367.118 WebAudio heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component WebAudio. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-4559. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component WebAudio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 124.0.6367.155 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4559 since 05/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 12/19/2024).

Upgrading to version 124.0.6367.155 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 124.0.6367.155

Timelineinfo

05/06/2024 🔍
05/07/2024 +1 days 🔍
05/07/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/31/2025 +328 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 331369
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4559 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4559
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263396

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2024 21:57
Updated: 03/31/2025 13:29
Changes: 05/07/2024 21:57 (57), 12/19/2024 22:30 (23), 03/31/2025 13:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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