CVE-2024-21640

Published: Jan 13, 2024

Modified: Jun 17, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.4

MEDIUM

Description

Chromium 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
chromiumembedded	cef	affected `< commit 1f55d2e`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/security/advisories/GHSA-3h3j-38xq-v7hh

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/commit/1f55d2e12f62cfdfbf9da6968fde2f928982670b

x_refsource_MISC

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CVE-2024-21640

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References