CVE-2022-2621 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit heap corruption via a malicious extension in Google Chrome, 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-2022-2621?

CVE-2022-2621 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 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-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2621?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2621?

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-2022-2621 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2621 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2621, GHSA-wfvr-4p83-r8mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2621.

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