CVE-2024-7971
CVSS v3
9.6
CRITICAL
EPSS Score
21.1 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
Yes
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Vendor advisories
- CVE-2024-7971 Red Hat Product Security
chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page
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)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date Added
- 2024-08-26
- Patch Due Date
- 2024-09-16
- Ransomware Use
- Unknown
Technical details
- Published
- 2024-08-21
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