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CVE-2024-7971: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

CVE-2024-7971 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.6 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2024-08-26

Technologies: Google Chromium V8, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge. Vendors: Google, Microsoft.

Executive brief

A type confusion vulnerability in the Google Chromium V8 engine allows a remote attacker to achieve heap corruption via a specially crafted HTML page. This flaw can lead to arbitrary code execution and has been observed being exploited in the wild by threat actors.

Affected products

  • Google Chrome < 128.0.6613.84
  • Microsoft Edge < 128.0.2739.42
  • Google V8

Timeline

  • 2024-08-21: disclosed: Initial disclosure by Google Chrome team
  • 2024-08-21: patched: Chrome version 128.0.6613.84 released to address the vulnerability
  • 2024-08-26: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog
  • 2024-08-30: exploited: Microsoft reports exploitation by North Korean threat actor Citrine Sleet

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