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CVE-2022-0808:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-0808 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in Chrome OS Shell in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to version 99.0.4844.51. The vulnerability was reported by @ginggilBesel on January 29, 2022, and was officially patched in March 2022 (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a medium-severity heap-use-after-free issue occurring in the ash/wm/desks/desks_controller.cc component of Chrome OS. It received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-416 (Use After Free) (NVD).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through user interactions. The vulnerability affects the Chrome OS Shell component, potentially compromising system security if successfully exploited (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was patched in Chrome OS version 99.0.4844.51. Users and administrators are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was included in the March 2022 stable channel update (Chrome Release).
Additional resources
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