CVE-2022-2998 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 26
Latest updateSep 27

Description

Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced a user to engage in a specific UI interaction 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 Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 104.0.5112.101
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 104.0.5112.101
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 104.0.5112.101-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f84q-wwjh-mq43: Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104↗2022-09-27
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OSV
CVE-2022-2998: Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104↗2022-09-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Long Term Support Candidate Channel for ChromeOS: CVE-2022-2998↗2022-09-09
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2022-2856↗2022-08-16
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Debian
CVE-2022-2998: chromium - Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allo...↗2022
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