Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting chromium package, versions <128.0.6613.84-r0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.14% (51st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CHROMIUM-7850082
- published 28 Aug 2024
- disclosed 21 Aug 2024
Introduced: 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-7971 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard chromium to version 128.0.6613.84-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
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://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/360700873
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/30/north-korean-threat-actor-citrine-sleet-exploiting-chromium-zero-day/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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