CVE-2024-1669
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform out-of-bounds memory access in Chrome's Blink rendering engine by tricking users into visiting a malicious HTML page. This affects all users running Chrome versions prior to 122.0.6261.57, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
💻 Affected Systems
- Google Chrome
- Chromium-based browsers
📦 What is this software?
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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Remote code execution with the same privileges as the Chrome process, potentially leading to full system compromise, data theft, or ransomware deployment.
Likely Case
Browser crash (denial of service) or limited memory corruption that could be leveraged for information disclosure or sandbox escape.
If Mitigated
Browser crash with no further impact if sandboxing holds, though memory corruption could still leak sensitive information.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting malicious page) but no authentication. No public exploit code has been released as of analysis.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 122.0.6261.57 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Chrome. 2. Click three-dot menu → Help → About Google Chrome. 3. Chrome will automatically check for and install updates. 4. Click 'Relaunch' to restart Chrome with the patched version.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable JavaScript
allPrevents execution of malicious JavaScript that could trigger the vulnerability
chrome://settings/content/javascript → Block
Use Site Isolation
allEnforces process separation between websites to limit impact
chrome://flags/#enable-site-per-process → Enable
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict browser usage to trusted websites only
- Implement network filtering to block malicious HTML content
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Chrome version in About Google Chrome page. If version is below 122.0.6261.57, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
google-chrome --version (Linux), "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --version (Windows)Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm Chrome version is 122.0.6261.57 or higher in About Google Chrome page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Chrome crash reports with memory access violation errors
- Unexpected Chrome process termination
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to known malicious domains hosting crafted HTML
- Unusual outbound connections after visiting suspicious pages
SIEM Query:
source="chrome" AND (event_type="crash" OR message="*out of bounds*" OR message="*memory access*")🔗 References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41495060
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PWWBMVQTSERVBXSXCZVUKIMEDNQUQ7O3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDCMYQ3J45NHQ4EJREM3BJNNKB5BK4Y7/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41495060
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PWWBMVQTSERVBXSXCZVUKIMEDNQUQ7O3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDCMYQ3J45NHQ4EJREM3BJNNKB5BK4Y7/
