CVE-2022-3052
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Window Manager component of Google Chrome on Chrome OS and Lacros prior to version 105.0.5195.52. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-3052, was reported by Khalil Zhani on July 21, 2022, and was patched in the stable channel update released on August 30, 2022 (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a heap buffer overflow in the Window Manager component, which could be triggered through specific UI interactions. The severity of this vulnerability has been assessed as Medium with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through crafted UI interactions, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the context of the browser (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was addressed in Chrome version 105.0.5195.52. Users are advised to update to this version or later. The fix was also included in subsequent security updates for various distributions including Fedora and Gentoo (Fedora Update, Gentoo Advisory).

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