Chrome WebRTC Heap Overflow <103.0.5060.114
CVE-2022-2294 Published on July 28, 2022
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability which allows an attacker to perform shellcode execution. This vulnerability impacts web browsers using WebRTC including but not limited to Google Chrome.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 15, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-2294 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2022-2294 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-2294
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version unspecified and below 103.0.5060.114 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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