CVE-2022-2294
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform shellcode execution. This vulnerability impacts web browsers using WebRTC including but not limited to Google Chrome.
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Remediation due: 2022-09-15
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1341043
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2294
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