CVE-2022-3050 Memory corruption in Chrome
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3050, GHSA-433m-5r62-794r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3050.