CVE-2022-1876 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

Heap buffer overflow in Chrome DevTools allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious extension and 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-2022-1876?

CVE-2022-1876 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 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

Heap buffer overflow in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1876?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1876?

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-2022-1876 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1876 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-IR16037, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1876, GHSA-fcpx-28g7-cmwg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1876.

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