Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-0306
Published: January 19, 2022 / Updated: January 21, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59864
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4 BT: 6.1 [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/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0306
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 PDFium. 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
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Chrome OS
chromium (Debian package)
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Chrome OS
chromium (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0306
Update to version 97.0.4692.99.
Google Chromium - update to 97.0.4692.99
Google Chrome - update to 97.0.4692.99
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.99-1~deb11u2
Microsoft Edge - update to 97.0.1072.69
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.180
Google Chrome - update to 97.0.4692.99
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.99-1~deb11u2
Microsoft Edge - update to 97.0.1072.69
Chrome OS - update to 96.0.4664.180