CVE-2022-3039 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free flaw in Chrome's WebSQL implementation.
- 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-2022-3039?
CVE-2022-3039 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Sep 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 WebSQL in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3039?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3039?
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-2022-3039 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3039 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3039, GHSA-942p-xpw9-vwwr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3039.