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CVE-2022-4135

Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.6EPSS 31.9%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 19 December 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.121 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS 3.1
9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
31.86% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 28 November 2022 · due 19 December 2022
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
google/chrome · microsoft/edge · microsoft/edge chromium
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4135

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