CVE-2024-21337
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) contains an Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-21337. The vulnerability affects versions of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) up to (excluding) 120.0.2210.133. This security issue was initially disclosed on January 11, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.2 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. Microsoft has classified this as a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to elevation of privilege in Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system, each with low impact as indicated by the CVSS scoring (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade their Microsoft Edge browser to version 120.0.2210.133 or later to address this vulnerability (Microsoft Advisory).

Additional resources


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