CVE-2022-3050 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A heap buffer overflow in Chrome's WebUI allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UI interactions.

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-2022-3050?

CVE-2022-3050 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

Heap buffer overflow in WebUI in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interactions.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3050?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3050?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-3050 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3050 exists.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3050, GHSA-433m-5r62-794r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3050.

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