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CVE-2022-3038

Google Chromium Network Service Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 24.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 April 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Use after free in Network Service in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24.74% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 30 March 2023 · due 20 April 2023
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
google/chrome · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3038

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.