CVE-2022-0098 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit heap corruption via user gestures in Chrome's Screen Capture feature, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0098?

CVE-2022-0098 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use after free in Screen Capture in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 97.0.4692.71 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to perform specific user gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user gestures.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0098?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0098?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-0098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0098, GHSA-33w9-6mj6-xgpr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0098.

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