CVE-2023-7024

Exp

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)

Published: 2023-12-21 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-7024 is rated Critical Active Threat (97.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.36%, 94th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-01-02) affecting Google / Chromium WebRTC. a weakness (CWE-787) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +4.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2023-7024

Name: Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-01-02

Action due: 2024-01-23

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-7024

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-7024

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.07% 7.36% +4.29%
2 2026-05-16 2.87% 3.07% +0.20%
3 2026-04-05 — 2.87% —

Full EPSS history (53 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-7024

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-7024

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-7024

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2023-7024: 2 source package rows (qt5-qtwebengine, qt6-qtwebengine); 10 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-7024
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-7024 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7024
gentoo high CVE-2023-7024: 2 GLSA(s) (202401-34, 202402-14), 4 atom(s) (dev-qt/qtwebengine, www-client/chromium, www-client/google-chrome, www-client/microsoft-edge); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-7024
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-7024 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 3, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7024

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-7024

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 120.0.6099.129 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-7024

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