CVE-2022-3071 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Chrome OS Tab Strip via crafted UI interactions, 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-2022-3071?

CVE-2022-3071 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 Tab Strip in Google Chrome on Chrome OS, Lacros 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 interaction.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3071?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3071?

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-2022-3071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3071, GHSA-pfqr-532x-cjjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3071.

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