CVE-2024-7972 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can trigger out-of-bounds memory access in Chrome's V8 engine via crafted HTML, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-7972?
CVE-2024-7972 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, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7972?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7972?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-7972 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7972 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7972, GHSA-q3q8-95m2-545r.