CVE-2024-21640 (GCVE-0-2024-21640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-13 07:40 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:09
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Title
OOB Access in CefVideoConsumerOSR::OnFrameCaptured
Summary
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.
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5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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