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Actively Exploited Vulnerability in Google Chrome

Issued: 
Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
Last Revision: 
Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
Vendor: 
Product: 
Severity Level: 
Summary: 

Google has released Chrome version 104.0.5112.101 for Mac, Linux and 104.0.5112.102/101 for Windows. This update addresses 11 security flaws with one zero-day that is exploited in the wild. The exploited vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-2856.

 

With this release, a number of fixes and improvements have been made. On the successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities, attacker can execute arbitrary code, install programs, view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

 

Nevertheless, these vulnerabilities may pose greater risks when combined with those of others, so Google Chrome is recommended to be updated to the latest version.

 

CVE/Vulnerability

Description 

CVSS3.0 Score

CVE-2022-2852

Use after free in FedCM

n/a

CVE-2022-2856

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents

n/a

 

Table 1: Vulnerability details 

 

CVE/Vulnerability

Affected Product(s)

CVE-2022-2852

CVE-2022-2856

Google Chrome versions prior to 104.0.5112.101 for Mac and Linux

Google Chrome versions prior to 104.0.5112.102/101 for Windows

 

                                                                                         Table 2: Vulnerable versions 

Recommendation: 

Organizers are encouraged to apply the latest stable channel with necessary testing. This is applicable to  Windows, Mac and Linux platform.