Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1495

 

Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1495

Published: April 26, 2022 / Updated: April 29, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62627
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1495
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Downloads in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1495

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
Microsoft Edge - update to 101.0.1210.32
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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