Google Chrome Downloads buffer overflow | CVE-2022-2853
NAME
Google Chrome Downloads buffer overflow
- Platforms Affected:
Google Chrome 104.0 - Risk Level:
8.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Access
DESCRIPTION
Google Chrome is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by Downloads. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of Chrome (104.0.5112.101 and 104.0.5112.102 or later), available from the Google Chrome Releases Web site. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2853
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