CVE-2022-4174 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to type confusion in V8, potentially executing arbitrary code.

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-2022-4174?

CVE-2022-4174 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 29 Nov 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

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4174?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4174?

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-2022-4174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4174, GHSA-x7c7-vcw9-6rw2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4174.

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