Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1311

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1311

Published: April 11, 2022 / Updated: April 11, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62067
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-2022-1311
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 Chrome OS shell 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
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
chromium (Debian package)
chromium
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1311

Update to version 100.0.4896.88.

Google Chromium - update to 100.0.4896.88
Google Chrome - update to 100.0.4896.88
chromium (Debian package) - update to 100.0.4896.88-1~deb11u1
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.207
chromium - addressed in versions 100.0.4896.127-1.fc34, 100.0.4896.127-1.fc35, 100.0.4896.127-1.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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