Saturday November 09, 2024

Advisory ID: NCC-CSIRT-180723-027

Summary: Numerous vulnerabilities have been detected in the Google Chrome browser. These vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker who convinces a user to visit a specifically designed web page with malicious intent. 

Threat Type(s): Vulnerability

Impact/Probability: CRITCIAL/HIGH

Product(s): Google Chrome Browser 

Vulnerable Platform(s): Google Chrome Brower

Version(s):  

  • Google Chrome prior to  114.0.5735.198/199 (Windows) 
  • Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.198 (Linux) 
  • Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.198 (Mac) 

Description:  The vulnerabilities include the following:

  • Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.198 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
  • Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.198 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
  • Use after free in Guest View in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.198 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities by hackers could allow for remote code execution, denial of service and data manipulation on the compromised system.

Consquences:  Attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to trigger remote code execution, denial of service and data manipulation on the compromised system.  

Solution: 

  • Before installation of the Google Chrome software, please visit the software vendor website for more details.
  • Update to version 114.0.5735.198/199 (Windows) or later.
  • Update to version 114.0.5735.198 (Linux) or later.
  • Update to version 114.0.5735.198 (Mac) or later 
References: 

https://cert-in.org.in/ 

https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/google-chrome-multiple-vulnerabilities_20230627 

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/ 

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html