CVE-2024-7980 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2024-7980?

CVE-2024-7980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 21 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-345, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7980?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2024-7980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2024-7980, GHSA-8p7p-r9xv-w8g4.