CVE-2024-11114: Google Chrome RCE Vulnerability

CVE-2024-11114 Overview

CVE-2024-11114 is a sandbox escape vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome on Windows. The flaw affects Chrome versions prior to 131.0.6778.69. A remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can leverage a crafted HTML page to escape the Chrome sandbox. Google's Chromium security team rated the issue as Medium severity, while the NVD assigned a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 (High). The vulnerability requires user interaction and successful exploitation of the renderer as a precondition, but a successful chain delivers full sandbox bypass on Windows hosts.

Critical Impact
A compromised Chrome renderer process on Windows can escape the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page, enabling broader code execution outside the renderer's restricted context.

Affected Products

Google Chrome on Windows prior to 131.0.6778.69
Microsoft Windows hosts running affected Chrome builds
Chromium-based deployments inheriting the vulnerable Views implementation

Discovery Timeline

2024-11-12 - CVE-2024-11114 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-11114

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability resides in the Views UI framework that Chrome uses on Windows to render browser chrome and embedded interface elements. The component contains an inappropriate implementation that fails to enforce expected security boundaries between the renderer process and higher-privileged browser components. An attacker must first compromise the renderer process through a separate exploit, typically a memory corruption or type confusion flaw. Once the renderer is under attacker control, a crafted HTML page interacts with the Views layer to perform actions that should be restricted by the sandbox.

The attack chain requires high complexity and user interaction, reflected in the AC:H/UI:R components of the CVSS vector. However, the scope is changed (S:C), indicating that exploitation impacts resources beyond the renderer's security boundary. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all rated High because a sandbox escape grants the attacker access to the broader browser process and the underlying Windows session.

Root Cause

The NVD entry classifies the weakness as NVD-CWE-noinfo, and Google's advisory describes it as an inappropriate implementation in Views rather than a memory safety bug. The root cause is a logic flaw in how the Views component validates or processes requests originating from the renderer. This logic gap allows a compromised renderer to influence UI or window operations in ways the security model did not anticipate.

Attack Vector

Exploitation requires two stages. First, the attacker compromises the renderer process, typically by luring the user to a malicious site that triggers a separate renderer exploit. Second, the attacker delivers a crafted HTML page that abuses the Views implementation to break out of the sandbox. The network attack vector and need for user interaction align with standard drive-by browser exploitation patterns. No public proof-of-concept code or exploit module is currently associated with this CVE. Technical details are tracked in the Chromium Issue Tracker Entry and the Google Blog Chrome Update.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-11114

Indicators of Compromise

Chrome renderer processes spawning unexpected child processes or writing to non-standard paths on Windows endpoints
Outbound connections from chrome.exe to attacker-controlled domains immediately following navigation to untrusted HTML content
Chrome version strings below 131.0.6778.69 reported by endpoint inventory across the Windows fleet

Detection Strategies

Monitor for anomalous process lineage where chrome.exe renderer children perform actions inconsistent with sandboxed execution, such as file writes outside the user profile or registry modifications
Correlate browser crash telemetry with subsequent suspicious process creation, which can indicate a renderer exploit followed by sandbox escape attempts
Inventory installed Chrome versions across managed Windows endpoints and flag any host running a build prior to 131.0.6778.69

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable Windows process creation auditing (Event ID 4688) with command-line logging to capture Chrome child process activity
Forward browser and endpoint telemetry to a centralized analytics platform for cross-host correlation of exploit attempts
Track Chrome auto-update health metrics to confirm patched builds are deployed across the environment

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-11114

Immediate Actions Required

Update Google Chrome to version 131.0.6778.69 or later on all Windows endpoints
Verify Chrome auto-update is enabled and functioning, particularly on systems with managed update policies that may delay deployment
Audit Chromium-based browsers and embedded WebView components for the same Views code and update accordingly

Patch Information

Google released the fix in the Chrome Stable channel update published on November 12, 2024. The patched version is 131.0.6778.69 for Windows. Refer to the Google Blog Chrome Update for the full advisory and the Chromium Issue Tracker Entry for the upstream fix.

Workarounds

No vendor-supplied workaround exists; patching is the only supported remediation
Restrict browsing to trusted sites via enterprise policy until the update is deployed, reducing exposure to crafted HTML payloads
Apply application control to prevent Chrome child processes from spawning unauthorized binaries on Windows hosts

bash

# Verify installed Chrome version on Windows endpoints
reg query "HKLM\Software\Google\Update\Clients\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}" /v pv

# Force Chrome update check via Group Policy managed deployment
gpupdate /force