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title: "CVE-2024-7971: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-7971/
description: "CVE-2024-7971 (Google Chromium V8): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-08-21
date_modified: 2025-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-7971"
kev: true
cvss: 8.8
epss: 0.21103
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-7971: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Google Chromium V8. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-26, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2024-09-16 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target.
- EPSS 21.1% , percentile 98: FIRST’s model estimates a 21.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs a user to click or open something. Phishing makes that realistic, but it is not wormable.

## What it is

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)

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Google Chrome: 128.0.6613.84 < 128.0.6613.84

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 8.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2024-08-26; federal due date 2024-09-16. Known ransomware use: Unknown.
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 21.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 98.

## Sources

- [Listed in CISA KEV notes (chromereleases.googleblog.com)](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-7971](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7971)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-7971](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7971)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-7971)
- [issues.chromium.org](https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873)
- [microsoft.com](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/)

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