CVE-2022-3449
Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 106.0.5249.119 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 106.0.5249.119 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
- 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
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1364662Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-10
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1364662Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-10
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.