CVE-2022-1137 Information disclosure in Chrome
An attacker can leak sensitive information by tricking a user into installing a malicious extension and visiting a crafted 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-2022-1137?
CVE-2022-1137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 Jul 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
Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.60 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to leak potentially sensitive information via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1137?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1137?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-1137 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1137 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1137, GHSA-6x2v-hvx7-m5x7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1137.