Google patched a highly dangerous security flaw on Wednesday (21). According to the company, This loophole may have been exploited by criminals..
Identified as CVE-2024-7971 The vulnerability is known as “Type confusion”It is a vector attack that can occur in interpreted programming languages. It was found in Chrome’s JavaScript and WebAssembly interpreter V8.
“Type confusion in Google Chrome V8 prior to version 128.0.6613.84 allowed an attacker to exploit heap corruption via an HTML page,” explains the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD).
According to the database, the discovery was reported by experts from the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) and the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) on August 19 of this year.
So far No details were shared on the matter.or who the hackers are that are exploiting the browser’s vulnerability.
According to Google, The fix is available in Chrome version 128.0.6613.84.85 For Windows and Mac, and in the Linux app at 128.0.6613.84.
Although this loophole is present in Chrome, It is worth remembering that the V8 engine is also available in other browsers. It’s based on Chromium, so Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave users should also receive hotfix updates.
Source: Tec Mundo
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