CVE-2022-2618 Security feature bypass in Chrome
Remote attackers can bypass download restrictions in Google Chrome via malicious files due to insufficient input validation.
- 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-2022-2618?
CVE-2022-2618 is a medium-severity 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
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Internals in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed a remote attacker to bypass download restrictions via a malicious file .
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2618?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2618?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-2618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2618, GHSA-59wq-hh48-23vg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2618.