Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0100

Vulnerability identifier: #VU59199

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0100

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Media streams API. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

Update to version 97.0.4692.71.

Google Chromium - update to 97.0.4692.71
Google Chrome - update to 97.0.4692.71
Microsoft Edge - update to 97.0.1072.55
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1
chromium - addressed in versions 99.0.4844.51-1.el7, 99.0.4844.51-1.el8, 99.0.4844.51-1.fc34, 99.0.4844.51-1.fc35, 99.0.4844.51-1.fc36

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1238209
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-0100

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
• Debian update for chromium
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• Fedora 34 update for chromium
• Fedora 35 update for chromium
• Fedora 36 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium