Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2023-7024

Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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)

CheckOps priority index
5.5/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity8.8
Probability0.7
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 6.7% higher than 93.9% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,036 days 02 Jan 2024
CISA due date 23 Jan 2024 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)02 Jan 2024
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)02 Jan 2024
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %6.7%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

ChromeChromium WebRTC
Affected versions
  • 120.0.6099.129 <120.0.6099.129
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

References

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities