CVE-2024-7965: Google Chromium V8 Inappropriate Implementation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-08-28
EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially 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 (Chromium): before 128.0.2739.42 — fixed in 128.0.2739.42

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.84; Microsoft Edge (Chromium) 128.0.2739.42. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356196918
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-7965

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