CVE-2022-2164 Security feature bypass in Chrome

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

An attacker can bypass discretionary access control in Google Chrome by tricking a user into installing a malicious extension via a 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-2022-2164?

CVE-2022-2164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, 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

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.53 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted HTML page.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2164?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2164?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-2164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-DU19496, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2164, GHSA-wmr8-hj85-r7gq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2164.

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