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CVE-2022-2161

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-07-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in WebApp Provider in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.53 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to engage in specific user interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interactions.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 35, 36
• Google Chrome: before 103.0.5060.53 — fixed in 103.0.5060.53

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 103.0.5060.53. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
• https://crbug.com/1330289
• 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/202208-25
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
• https://crbug.com/1330289
• 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/202208-25

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