What is CVE-2024-7981?

CVE-2024-7981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-7981?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2024-7981

Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Published 2024-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 128.0.6613.84

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
issues.chromium.org/issues/40067456 (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7981?: CVE-2024-7981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2024-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-7981?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.