CVE-2024-7971 — Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

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)

01What is this vulnerability?

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)

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	128.0.6613.84

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-08-26. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-08-21T20:20:24.778Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T22:55:46.906Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2024-08-26
• BOD 22-01 due: 2024-09-16

09References

• chromereleases.googleblog.com — https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_…
• issues.chromium.org — https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873