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A high-severity Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Browser History component was identified as CVE-2022-3863. The vulnerability affected versions of Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.75 and was discovered on March 15, 2022. This security flaw impacted Chrome browsers across Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems (Chrome Release, Debian Tracker).
The vulnerability is classified as a Use-after-free flaw specifically affecting the Browser History 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, indicating its potential for remote exploitation (Debian Tracker).
The vulnerability was rated as High severity by Google Chrome's security team. If successfully exploited, the flaw could allow remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption through specially crafted HTML pages, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or program crashes (Debian Tracker).
Google addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 100.0.4896.75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. The fix was released on April 4, 2022, as part of a stable channel update. Users were advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Chrome Release, Debian Tracker).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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