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Vulnerability details: VCID-vqhn-akhv-ybbu
Vulnerability ID VCID-vqhn-akhv-ybbu
Aliases CVE-2024-7971
Summary 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)
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.6
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-7971.json
epss 0.00296 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00296 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00296 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00339 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00339 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00339 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00339 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
epss 0.00351 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
ssvc Attend https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
ssvc Attend https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
cvssv3.1 9.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-7971.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7971
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7971
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/
2307092 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2307092
360700873 https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2024-7971 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
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
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971
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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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52739
EPSS Score 0.00296
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:30:27.891890+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.21/community.json 37.0.0