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

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2024-7971

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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Google
Product	Chromium V8
Date added	2024-08-26
Due date	2024-09-16
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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