CVE-2023-7024 Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow

What is CVE-2023-7024?

CVE-2023-7024 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

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)

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7024?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2023-7024?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 23 Jan 2024.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-7024 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-7024 in the wild since at least 2 Jan 2024.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7024, DSA-5585-1, GHSA-7c6v-f3h8-2x89.