# CVE-2024-21639: OOB Access in CefLayeredWindowUpdaterOSR::OnAllocatedSharedMemory

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-12 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- chromiumembedded cef: \< commit 1f55d2e

## Description

CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework ) is a simple framework for embedding Chromium-based browsers in other applications. `CefLayeredWindowUpdaterOSR::OnAllocatedSharedMemory` does not check the size of the shared memory, which leads to out-of-bounds read outside the sandbox. This vulnerability was patched in commit 1f55d2e.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/security/advisories/GHSA-m375-jw5x-x8mg
- https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/commit/1f55d2e12f62cfdfbf9da6968fde2f928982670b

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