CVE-2024-7971

Summary

CVE-2024-7971 is a high-severity vulnerability in the V8 engine of Google Chrome, specifically affecting versions prior to 128.0.6613.84, which allows remote attackers to exploit heap corruption through crafted HTML pages. This vulnerability poses significant risks, including potential high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems. To remediate this issue, it is essential for users and organizations to update their Google Chrome installations to the latest version as soon as possible. The attack vector requires network access and user interaction, which could lead to serious exploitation if left unaddressed. The vulnerability has an exploitability score of 2.8 and a CVSS base score of 8.8, highlighting its severity and urgency for remediation measures within affected organizations.

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