Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-4920
Published: April 26, 2022 / Updated: August 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79643
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-2022-4920
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 Blink. 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
Fedora
chromium
Google Chrome
Fedora
chromium
How to mitigate CVE-2022-4920
Update to version 101.0.4951.41.
Google Chromium - update to 101.0.4951.41
Google Chrome - update to 101.0.4951.41
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
Google Chrome - update to 101.0.4951.41
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