Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0796

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0796

Published: March 1, 2022 / Updated: March 4, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60998
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-2022-0796
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 Media 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
Chrome OS
chromium (Debian package)
chromium
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0796

Update to version 99.0.4844.51.

Google Chromium - update to 99.0.4844.51
Google Chrome - update to 99.0.4844.51
chromium (Debian package) - update to 99.0.4844.51-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 99.0.1150.30
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.202
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
www-client/google-chrome - update to 101.0.1210.47
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53

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