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CVE-2024-7972

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-7972 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome prior to version 128.0.6613.84, stemming from an inappropriate implementation in the V8 JavaScript engine. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve out-of-bounds memory access by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 128.0.6613.84CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 128.0.6613.84, < 128.0.6613.84CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0055 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 128.0.2739.42

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2024-Aug/CVE-2024-7972

Chromium: CVE-2024-7972 Inappropriate implementation in V8

Aug 13, 2024

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Release Notes
issues.chromium.org / issues/345960102
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