Chrome OS: PhoneHub UAF <105.0.5195.52
CVE-2022-3042 Published on September 26, 2022
Use after free in PhoneHub in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-3042 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2022-3042. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2022-3042 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version unspecified and below 105.0.5195.52 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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