Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1312

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1312

Published: April 11, 2022 / Updated: April 29, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62068
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-2022-1312
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 storage 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-2022-1312

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
Microsoft Edge - update to 100.0.1185.44
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 96.0.4664.207, 96.0.4664.208
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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