CVE-2024-7971 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion

What is CVE-2024-7971?

CVE-2024-7971 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

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)

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7971?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7971?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 16 Sep 2024.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-7971 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-7971 in the wild since at least 26 Aug 2024.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7971, GHSA-pq5w-h3jm-m95c, openSUSE-SU-2024:0275-1.