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CVE-2022-1131: 
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Overview

A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Cast UI component of Google Chrome (CVE-2022-1131) was discovered prior to version 100.0.4896.60. The vulnerability was reported by Abdulrahman Alqabandi from Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research on February 15, 2022, and was officially disclosed on March 29, 2022 (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free flaw specifically affecting the Cast UI component in Google Chrome. This type of vulnerability occurs when a program continues to use a pointer after it has been freed, potentially leading to heap corruption. The vulnerability could be triggered via a crafted HTML page (CVE Mitre).

Impact

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption through specially crafted HTML pages, which could lead to program crashes or potential code execution (Chrome Release).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 100.0.4896.60. Users and administrators are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was also included in the Long Term Support (LTS) channel update 96.0.4664.206 (Chrome LTS).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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