High CVE-2024-7971: Type Confusion in V8 before 128.0.6613.84 (Google Chrome)
CVE-2024-7971 Published on August 21, 2024
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)
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 16, 2024: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-7971 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2024-7971 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-7971
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 128.0.6613.84 and below 128.0.6613.84 is affected.
- Before 128.0.6613.84 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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