CVE-2024-21640
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedChromium Embedded Framework (CEF) is a simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications.`CefVideoConsumerOSR::OnFrameCaptured` does not check `pixel_format` properly, which leads to out-of-bounds read out of the sandbox. This vulnerability was patched in commit 1f55d2e.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe code reads past the end (or before the start) of a buffer, returning memory that was never meant to be exposed. Attackers use it to leak secrets like keys or to defeat memory-protection defences. Remediation is validating indices and lengths before every read.
General guidance for the out-of-bounds read class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2024-01-05CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped2024-01-05
CEF release 2024-01-05 or later
- 1. Identify the current Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) version in use by checking your project's dependencies or binary version.
- 2. Navigate to the official CEF releases page at https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/releases
- 3. Look for a stable CEF release dated 2024-01-05 or later that includes the security patch from commit 1f55d2e12f62cfdfbf9da6968fde2f928982670b
- 4. Upgrade your CEF dependency to the identified fixed release version
- 5. Rebuild and redeploy your application with the updated CEF library
- 6. Verify the fix by confirming the CefVideoConsumerOSR::OnFrameCaptured function now properly validates the pixel_format parameter before use
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