Out-of-bounds read in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1489

 

Out-of-bounds read in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1489

Published: April 26, 2022 / Updated: April 27, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62621
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1489
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to crash the browser.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the UI Shelf component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the browser.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Chrome OS
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1489

Update to version 101.0.4951.41.

Google Chromium - update to 101.0.4951.41
Google Chrome - update to 101.0.4951.41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.209
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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