CVE-2022-2163 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit heap corruption via UI interaction if a user installs a malicious extension, 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-2022-2163?

CVE-2022-2163 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, published on 28 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 Cast UI and Toolbar in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.134 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via UI interaction.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2163?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2163?

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-2022-2163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-WY60259, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2163, GHSA-ggwf-6xhf-79v5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2163.

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