Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2295

 

Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2295

Published: July 4, 2022 / Updated: July 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64911
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-2022-2295
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2295

Update to version 103.0.5060.114.

Google Chromium - update to 103.0.5060.114
Google Chrome for Android - update to 103.0.5060.71
chromium (Debian package) - update to 103.0.5060.114-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 103.0.1264.49
Google Chrome - update to 103.0.5060.114
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 - update to 104.0.5112.101
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 104.0.5112.101
www-client/google-chrome - update to 104.0.5112.101

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