# MA-1131.082024: MyCERT Advisory - Security Updates – Google Chrome

**Date:** 23 Aug 2024  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-1131.082024  
**Advisory ID:** MA-1131.082024

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**1.0 Introduction**
Recently, Google has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities including CVE-2024-7971 high severity vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild.
**2.0 Impact**
A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system and heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
**3.0 Affected Products**
- Type of confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior version 128.0.6613.84 in Windows, Mac and Linux.
**4.0 Recommendations**
CyberSecurity Malaysia encourages users and administrators to review [Google Chrome’s releases](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/) for more information and apply the necessary updates.
Kindly refer to the following URLs for more information:
- <https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html>
Generally, we advise the users to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
For further enquiries, please contact us through the following channels:
E-mail: cyber999[at]cybersecurity.my 
Phone: 1-300-88-2999 (monitored during business hours) 
Mobile: +60 19 2665850 (24x7 call incident reporting) 
Business Hours: Mon - Fri 08:30 -17:30 MYT 
Web: [https://www.mycert.org.my](https://www.mycert.org.my/)
**5.0 References**
<https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html>