CVE-2022-1856 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-94 — Code Injection7 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 27
Latest updateJul 28

Description

Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension or specific user interaction.

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 — 102.0.5005.61
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 102.0.5005.61
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 102.0.5005.61-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-568h-6mc5-cxwg: Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 102↗2022-07-28
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OSV
CVE-2022-1856: Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 102↗2022-07-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2022-1856↗2022-05-24
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2022-1856 Use after free in User Education↗2022-05-10
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CISA
Microsoft Office MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution Vulnerability↗2022-03-03
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Debian
CVE-2022-1856: chromium - Use after free in User Education in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed...↗2022
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