CVEs / CVE-2024-7971
CVE-2024-7971: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 26 Aug 2024
- critical 9.6 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | from 128.0.6613.84, before 128.0.6613.84 | 128.0.6613.84 |
| google chrome | before 128.0.6613.84 | 128.0.6613.84 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 26 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 16 Sep 2024 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.6 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-843 |
References
- CVE-2024-7971 on NVD
- CVE-2024-7971 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2024-7971 on OSV
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html Release Notes
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873 Permissions Required
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/ Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-7971 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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