CVE-2024-1284: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2024-1284 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the Mojo component of Google Chrome versions prior to 121.0.6167.160. The vulnerability was reported on January 25, 2024, and publicly disclosed on February 6, 2024. This security flaw affects Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers (Chrome Release, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free flaw in the Mojo component of Chrome's architecture. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating its severe nature. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-416 (Use After Free) classification (NVD).

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page. Given its critical CVSS score of 9.8, successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Google has released version 121.0.6167.160 of Chrome to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later. The fix has also been incorporated into other Chromium-based browsers and operating system distributions, including Fedora 38 and 39 (Chrome Release, Fedora Update).