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CVE-2024-7971
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.6EPSS 20.7%
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Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 16 September 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 20.71% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 26 August 2024 · due 16 September 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome · microsoft/edge
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlRelease Notes
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873Permissions 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-2024-7971US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.