Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1853

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-1853

Published: May 24, 2022 / Updated: May 31, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63596
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1853
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 Indexed DB 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)
www-client/google-chrome
chromium
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-1853

Update to version 102.0.5005.61.

Google Chromium - update to 102.0.5005.61
Google Chrome - update to 102.0.5005.61
chromium (Debian package) - update to 102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 102.0.1245.30
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.214
www-client/google-chrome - update to 101.0.1210.47
chromium - addressed in versions 102.0.5005.115-1.el7, 102.0.5005.115-1.el8, 102.0.5005.115-1.fc35, 102.0.5005.115-1.fc36, 102.0.5005.115-2.el9
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53

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