CVE-2022-2296 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Chrome OS Shell via user interactions, 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-2022-2296?
CVE-2022-2296 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 Chrome OS Shell in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via direct UI interactions.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2296?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2296?
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-2022-2296 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2296 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-TT19633, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2296, GHSA-7chm-35rg-7jv7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2296.