CVE-2024-7971 is a high-severity type confusion vulnerability in the Chromium V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine affecting Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers prior to 128.0.6613.84. The flaw can be triggered when a target visits a specially crafted HTML page, causing heap corruption in the renderer process. In observed attacks, the vulnerability was used as a remote code execution primitive within the sandboxed Chromium renderer. The issue was reported as actively exploited in the wild and has been associated with targeted exploitation against cryptocurrency-sector organizations.
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A Chromium remote code execution zero-day caused by a type confusion issue in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engines, used to help deliver FudModule.
A Chromium engine remote code execution vulnerability used by Citrine Sleet as part of a chained exploit to gain code execution in the browser process.
A type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine in Chromium browsers, allowing remote code execution in the renderer process. Exploited as a zero-day by North Korean threat actors targeting the cryptocurrency sector.
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