Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-4135

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69596

CSH Severity: Critical

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-2022-4135

CWE-ID: CWE-122

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in GPU. 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.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

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

Update to version 107.0.5304.121.

Google Chromium - update to 107.0.5304.121
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 106.0.1370.86, 107.0.1418.62
Google Chrome - update to 107.0.5304.121
Chrome OS - update to 102.0.5005.193
chromium (Debian package) - update to 107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 109.0.1518.61
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 109.0.5414.74
www-client/google-chrome - update to 109.0.5414.74
www-client/chromium - update to 109.0.5414.74-r1

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
• https://crbug.com/1392715
• https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/spyware-vendors-use-0-days-and-n-days-against-popular-platforms/

• Remote code execution in Google Chrome
• Debian update for chromium
• Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google ChromeOS
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge