Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2022-2157

Vulnerability identifier: #VU64561

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-2022-2157

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Interest groups component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
chromium

Update to version 103.0.5060.53.

Google Chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium (Debian package) - update to 103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 103.0.1264.37
www-client/google-chrome - update to 101.0.1210.47
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53
chromium - addressed in versions 103.0.5060.114-1.el7, 103.0.5060.114-1.el8, 103.0.5060.114-1.el9, 103.0.5060.114-1.fc35, 103.0.5060.114-1.fc36

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
• https://crbug.com/1327312
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-2157

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
• Debian update for chromium
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
• Fedora 35 update for chromium
• Fedora 36 update for chromium