# CVE-2024-7965: Google Chromium V8 Inappropriate Implementation

> A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in the V8 engine via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 28 Aug 2024 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7965, GHSA-x38q-hvmx-rwhg

## What is CVE-2024-7965?

CVE-2024-7965 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-358 (Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7965?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Chromium.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7965?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 18 Sep 2024.

## Is CVE-2024-7965 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-7965 in the wild since at least 28 Aug 2024.

Public exploit code:

- This repository contains PoC for CVE-2024-7965. This is the vulnerability in the V8 that occurs only within ARM64. (github_poc): https://github.com/bi-zone/CVE-2024-7965
- CVE-2024-7965是Google Chrome浏览器中V8 JavaScript引擎的一个高危漏洞。该漏洞源于V8引擎在处理特定JavaScript代码时实现不当，导致堆内存损坏。攻击者可通过诱导用户访问包含特制JavaScript的恶意网页，利用此漏洞在Chrome渲染器中执行任意代码。 (github_poc): https://github.com/XueDugu/cve-2024-7965-poc

## Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

- [CVE-2022-4135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4135/): Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16017/): Google Chrome Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-16010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16010/): Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-87491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-87491/): Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-85046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85046/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7965 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-7965 in the wild since at least 28 Aug 2024.

Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7965/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.