Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2163

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2163

Published: June 21, 2022 / Updated: July 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64566
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2163
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error in Cast UI and Toolbar in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and crash the browser.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2163

Update to version 103.0.5060.53.

Google Chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53
Google Chrome - update to 103.0.5060.134
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1, 103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 103.0.1264.37
www-client/google-chrome - addressed in versions 101.0.1210.47, 104.0.5112.101
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - addressed in versions 103.0.5060.53, 104.0.5112.101
chromium - addressed in versions 103.0.5060.114-1.el7, 103.0.5060.114-1.el8, 103.0.5060.114-1.el9, 103.0.5060.114-1.fc35, 103.0.5060.114-1.fc36
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 104.0.1293.63
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 104.0.5112.101

External References

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