Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,99.0.4844.51)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2980361
  • published15 Aug 2022
  • disclosed15 Aug 2022
  • creditSamet Bekmezci (@sametbekmezci)

Introduced: 15 Aug 2022

CVE-2022-0798  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 99.0.4844.51 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the MediaStream component, allowing an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS Scores

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