CVE-2022-3054
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to version 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability was reported by Kuilin Li on January 24, 2022, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2022-3054 (Chrome Blog, CVE Mitre).

Technical details

The vulnerability was classified as Medium severity and specifically affected the DevTools component of Google Chrome. It was addressed as part of Chrome's version 105.0.5195.52 release, which included multiple security fixes (Chrome Blog).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to heap corruption when exploited through a specially crafted HTML page, affecting Chrome users who had not updated to version 105.0.5195.52 or later (CVE Mitre).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was patched in Chrome version 105.0.5195.52. Users and administrators were advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was also incorporated into various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and Gentoo (Debian Tracker, Gentoo Security).

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