CVE-2024-7971

Description

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)

References

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/north-korean-hackers-deploy-fudmodule.html

https://securityaffairs.com/167848/breaking-news/north-korea-linked-apt-exploited-chrome-zero-day-cve-2024-7971.html

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-exploit-chrome-zero-day-to-deploy-rootkit/

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/google-fixes-high-severity-chrome-flaw.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fixes-tenth-actively-exploited-chrome-zero-day-in-2024/

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3