CVE-2024-7974 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in the V8 API via a crafted Chrome Extension, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-7974?

CVE-2024-7974 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in V8 API in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7974?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7974?

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-2024-7974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7974, GHSA-c7v6-r97x-ppjq.

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