Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-3051

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-3051

Published: August 30, 2022 / Updated: August 30, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66849
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3051
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Exosphere. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3051

Update to version 105.0.5195.52.

Google Chromium - update to 105.0.5195.52
Google Chrome - update to 105.0.5195.52
Chrome OS - update to 102.0.5005.182
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 105.0.1343.42
chromium (Debian package) - update to 105.0.5195.52-1~deb11u1
www-client/chromium - update to 105.0.5195.125
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 105.0.5195.125
www-client/google-chrome - update to 105.0.5195.125
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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