CVE-2022-0308 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption via crafted HTML pages in Google Chrome, potentially executing arbitrary code.
- 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-2022-0308?
CVE-2022-0308 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 Data Transfer in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 97.0.4692.99 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0308?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0308?
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-2022-0308 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0308 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0308, GHSA-vh5c-hf77-22mh, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0308.