# Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow · pwn.watch

> Google Chromium WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could impact web browsers using WebRTC, including but not limited to Google Chrome. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-01-02. CVE-2023-7024 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024 · generated 2026-10-22T20:15:47.501Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Google Chromium WebRTC
- Started: 2024-01-02 · closed: 2024-01-02
- CVEs: CVE-2023-7024
- Affected: See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

## Follow this incident
- RSS (one item per update): https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024/feed.xml
- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024/feed.json
- Full data (timeline, sources, posts, agentBrief): https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024.json
- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2024-01-02: CISA added CVE-2023-7024 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-01-23) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Google Chromium WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/google-chromium-webrtc-cve-2023-7024 · status: closed (closed Jan 2, 2024) · severity: high · updated Jan 2, 2024

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Google Chromium WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could impact web browsers using WebRTC, including but not limited to Google Chrome. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-01-02. CVE-2023-7024 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Severity detail: CVSS 8.8 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Google Chromium WebRTC
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2023-7024

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Jan 2, 2024: CISA added CVE-2023-7024 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-01-23)

## Advisories
- [Google advisory: CVE-2023-7024](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html) (Google)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-7024](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7024) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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