CVE-2022-0101 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A heap buffer overflow in Google Chrome allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code via specific user gestures.

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-2022-0101?

CVE-2022-0101 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

Heap buffer overflow in Bookmarks in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.71 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to perform specific user gesture to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user gesture.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0101?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0101?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-0101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0101, GHSA-96jf-4pq3-qqgx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0101.

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