CVE-2024-7971 (GCVE-0-2024-7971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-21 20:20
Modified
2025-10-21 22:55
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-843 - Type confusion
Summary
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)
References
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2024-08-26
Due date: 2024-09-16
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
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