Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0105

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0105

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59204
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-2022-0105
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

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

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0105

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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