PT-2022-1957 · Google+3 · Google Chrome+3

Sergei Glazunov · Published 2022-02-28 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2022-0972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.74 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a use after free in the Extensions component, which can be exploited by an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension. This could potentially lead to heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.74, update to version 99.0.4844.74 or later to resolve the issue. For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1494

ALT-PU-2022-1580

ALT-PU-2022-1681

ALT-PU-2022-2055

BDU:2022-01516

CVE-2022-0972

DSA-5104-1

MGASA-2022-0107

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0085-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11932-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Google Chrome

Edge

References · 2342

• 🔥 https://crbug.com/1301320 · Exploit
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5104-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0085-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/676595 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2022-0926SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0107 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11932-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/677697 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 · Vendor Advisory