CVE-2024-7971
criticalpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.210 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUFRNLRUUSadded 2024-08-26remediate by 2024-09-16
required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–9.6
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- mistymntncop/CVE-2024-7971mistymntncop/CVE-2024-7971PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (22)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- NCSC-2024-0351Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Google Chrome, Chromium & Microsoft EdgeNL2024-08-22csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Google heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Chrome en Chromium.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1901Google Chrome: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Chrome ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, UI-Spoofing zu betreiben, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen und andere nicht spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1917Microsoft Edge: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Edge ausnutzen, um falsche Informationen darzustellen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-7971cnnvd
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-7971/cnnvd
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873cnnvd
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7971cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Chrome-Edge-Opera-multiple-vulnerabilities-dated-22-08-2024-45000cnnvd
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873enisa_euvd
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