Heap corruption via Skia buffer overflow
Published Aug 28, 2024 · Updated Oct 15, 2024
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome before 128.0.6613.113 allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted HTML. Google has not publicly disclosed the affected Skia routine or the unchecked operation that writes beyond the heap buffer. Exploitation requires interaction with the crafted page and prior compromise of Chrome's renderer process, with potential loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome before 128.0.6613.113 allows remote attackers to corrupt heap memory via crafted HTML. Google has not publicly disclosed the affected Skia routine or the unchecked operation that writes beyond the heap buffer. Exploitation requires interaction with the crafted page and prior compromise of Chrome's renderer process, with potential loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8198
- Published
- Aug 28, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-122, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 15, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <128.0.6613.113
- Affected versionversion=128.0.6613.113 <128.0.6613.113
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