Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2007

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2007

Published: June 9, 2022 / Updated: June 14, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64144
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-2022-2007
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 WebGPU 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
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2007

Update to version 102.0.5005.115.

Google Chromium - update to 102.0.5005.115
chromium (Debian package) - update to 102.0.5005.115-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 102.0.1245.41
Google Chrome - update to 102.0.5005.115
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
chromium - addressed in versions 105.0.5195.125-2.el8, 105.0.5195.125-2.el9, 105.0.5195.125-2.fc35, 105.0.5195.125-2.fc36, 105.0.5195.125-2.fc37

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