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

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2024-08-26. EPSS: 21.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Google Chrome: before 128.0.6613.84 (fixed in 128.0.6613.84)
• Microsoft Edge: before 128.0.2739.42 (fixed in 128.0.2739.42)

Published 2024-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.