Race condition in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0303
Published: January 19, 2022 / Updated: January 21, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59861
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-2022-0303
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in GPU Watchdog in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
chromium (Debian package)
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
chromium (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0303
Update to version 97.0.4692.99.
Google Chromium - update to 97.0.4692.99
Google Chrome - update to 97.0.4692.99
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.99-1~deb11u2
Microsoft Edge - update to 97.0.1072.69
Google Chrome - update to 97.0.4692.99
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.99-1~deb11u2
Microsoft Edge - update to 97.0.1072.69