# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CLEANSTART-2024-TT19633, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2296, GHSA-7chm-35rg-7jv7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2296

## 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 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2296?

It affects 3 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2296?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2296 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2296/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2296/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2296
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2296
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2296

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2296/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.