CVE-2022-0972 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 64.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 21
Latest updateJul 22

Description

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 99.0.4844.74
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 99.0.4844.74
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 99.0.4844.74-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 99.0.4844.74-1~deb11u1+3

Patches

Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p8hj-ppgc-2ffw: Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99↗2022-07-22
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OSV
CVE-2022-0972: Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99↗2022-07-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update: CVE-2022-0977↗2022-04-06
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2022-0971↗2022-03-15
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2022-0972 Use after free in Extensions↗2022-03-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-0972: chromium - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an a...↗2022
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