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CVE-2024-0224:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2024-0224 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the WebAudio component of Google Chrome versions prior to 120.0.6099.199. The vulnerability was reported by Huang Xilin of Ant Group Light-Year Security Lab on November 25, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on January 3, 2024 (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free flaw in the WebAudio component of Chrome. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a high-severity issue that can be exploited remotely (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the context of the browser (NVD, Fedora).
Mitigation and workarounds
Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 120.0.6099.199. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later. The fix has also been incorporated into various Linux distributions, including Fedora 38 and 39, and Gentoo (Chrome Release, Gentoo).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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