CVE-2024-7972

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-119

Description

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 128.0.6613.84 — fixed in 128.0.6613.84

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 128.0.6613.84. 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/345960102

Get alerted when CVE-2024-7972 or the next vulnerability affects your stack