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CVE-2022-21931:
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Overview
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-21931) was disclosed as part of Microsoft's January 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates. The vulnerability affects Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) versions up to 97.0.1072.55 (NVD, Talos).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.2 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The CVSS v2.0 base score is 4.0 (Medium) with vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the targeted machine through Microsoft Edge. The vulnerability has low impact on both confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security patch to address this vulnerability in Microsoft Edge version 97.0.1072.55. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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