CVE-2022-1491 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's Bookmarks feature via user interaction, 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-2022-1491?
CVE-2022-1491 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 26 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
Use after free in Bookmarks in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific and direct user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1491?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1491?
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-2022-1491 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1491 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-EO80757, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1491, GHSA-32j7-h4wq-r683, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1491.