# MA-1149.092024: MyCERT Advisory - Security Updates – Chrome OS

**Date:** 15 Sep 2024  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-1149.092024  
**Advisory ID:** MA-1149.092024

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**1.0 Introduction**
Google recently released security updates to address vulnerabilities in the ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex.
**2.0 Impact**
A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system, potentially exploit heap corruption and execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
**3.0 Affected Products**
- **CVE-2024-7965 (High):**Inappropriate implementation in V8.
- **CVE-2024-7966 (High):**Out of bounds memory access in Skia.
- **CVE-2024-7967 (High):**Heap buffer overflow in Fonts.
- **CVE-2024-7968 (High):**Use after in Autofill.
- **CVE-2024-7971 (High):**Type confusion in V8.
- **CVE-2024-7972 (Medium):**Inappropriate implementation in V8.
- **CVE-2024-7974 (Medium):**Insufficient data validation in V8 API.
- **CVE-2024-7975 (Medium):**Inappropriate implementation in Permis2024-sions.
- **CVE-2024-7976 (Medium):**Inappropriate implementation in FedCM.
- **CVE-2024-7981 (Low):**Inappropriate Implementation in Views.
**4.0 Recommendations**
CyberSecurity Malaysia encourages users and administrators to review [Google Chrome’s releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/) for more information and apply the necessary updates. Users are also encouraged to enable the automatic update function in Chrome to ensure that their software is updated promptly.
Users may refer the following URL for more information about the update: <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/09/stable-channel-update-for-chromeos_9.html>
Generally, Cyber999 advises the users of these devices to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
For further enquiries, please contact the Cyber999 Incident Response Centre through the following channels:
E-mail: cyber999[at]cybersecurity.my 
Phone: 1-300-88-2999 (monitored during business hours) 
Mobile: +60 19 2665850 (24x7 call incident reporting) 
Business Hours: Mon - Fri 08:30 -17:30 MYT 
Web:[https://www.mycert.org.my](https://www.mycert.org.my/)
**5.0    References**
- <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/09/stable-channel-update-for-chromeos_9.html>
- <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/>