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CVE-2022-4918 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the UI component of Google Chrome versions prior to 102.0.5005.61. The vulnerability was reported by Chaoyuan Peng (@ret2happy) on April 11, 2022, and was patched in the stable channel update released on May 24, 2022 (Chrome Release).
The vulnerability is classified as a medium severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 HIGH (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). It is a use-after-free vulnerability in the UI component of Chrome that could allow an attacker to perform arbitrary read/write operations through a specially crafted HTML page (NVD).
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read and write operations on the affected system, potentially leading to code execution within the browser's context. The vulnerability requires user interaction, as it needs to be triggered through a crafted HTML page (NVD).
The vulnerability was fixed in Google Chrome version 102.0.5005.61. Users are advised to update their Chrome browser to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was released as part of Chrome's stable channel update for Windows, Mac, and Linux (Chrome Release).
Source: This report was generated using AI
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