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Vulnerability details: VCID-c53f-mhak-hqf3
Vulnerability ID VCID-c53f-mhak-hqf3
Aliases CVE-2024-7971
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QtWebEngine, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.6
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
Data source KEV
Date added Aug. 26, 2024
Description Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date Sept. 16, 2024
Note
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-7971.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-08-26T14:07:05Z/ Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:A/2024-08-26T14:07:05Z/ Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.77054
EPSS Score 0.01011
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:02:52.925360+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202501-09 38.0.0