Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0102

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0102

Published: January 4, 2022 / Updated: January 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59201
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-2022-0102
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0102

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

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