CVE-2022-2617 Use after free in Chrome
A use-after-free flaw in Chrome's Extensions API allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via heap corruption if a user installs a malicious extension.
- 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-2022-2617?
CVE-2022-2617 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Aug 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 Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interactions.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2617?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2617?
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-2022-2617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2617, GHSA-mjvf-v49w-4rwj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2617.