CVE-2022-0300 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via heap corruption in Chrome on Android by tricking users into visiting a crafted HTML page.
- 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-2022-0300?
CVE-2022-0300 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 12 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 Text Input Method Editor in Google Chrome on Android prior to 97.0.4692.99 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0300?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0300?
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-2022-0300 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0300 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0300, GHSA-pq8c-7829-94j2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0300.