Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2022-2477

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2022-2477

Published: July 19, 2022 / Updated: July 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU65446
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-2022-2477
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 in Guest View when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-2477

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 103.0.5060.134
chromium (Debian package) - update to 103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 103.0.1264.71
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 96.0.4664.218, 102.0.5005.170
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
chromium - addressed in versions 115.0.5790.170-1.el7, 115.0.5790.170-1.el8, 115.0.5790.170-1.el9, 115.0.5790.170-1.fc38, 115.0.5790.170-2.fc37

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