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CVE-2024-7971
HIGH ⌖ ON CISA KEV · EXPLOITEDGoogle Chromium V8 exploited a remote type confusion vulnerability allowing heap corruption via crafted HTML.
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in Google Chromium V8 via a crafted HTML page, affecting major browsers including Chrome, Edge, and Opera. This poses a significant risk to DIB organizations relying on Chromium-based browsers for sensitive workloads, as the vulnerability is actively exploited and requires immediate patching to prevent potential privilege escalation or data exfiltration.
Shame score — While the vulnerability is actively exploited, it is a known issue with a patch available, and the vendor has disclosed it responsibly.
▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Actively exploited (CISA KEV) — remediate now, ahead of your normal patch cycle.
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.
| PRODUCT | STATUS |
|---|---|
| Google Services (Google Cloud Platform Products and underlying Infrastructure) Google |
Authorized |
| Google Workspace Google |
Authorized |