CVE-2022-2618 Security feature bypass in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

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.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2618, GHSA-59wq-hh48-23vg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2618.

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