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CVE-2024-10231: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Type Confusion vulnerability in V8 engine (CVE-2024-10231) was discovered in Google Chrome versions prior to 130.0.6723.69. The vulnerability was reported on October 9, 2024, by security researcher Seunghyun Lee (@0x10n) and was assigned a High severity rating (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Type Confusion issue (CWE-843) in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine that could lead to heap corruption. It received 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 that it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requires no privileges but needs user interaction, and could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to high impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Google Chrome version 130.0.6723.69 and later versions. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to the latest version. For Prisma Access Browser users, the fix is available in version 130.70.2920.8 and all later versions (Palo Alto).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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