Actively exploited · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2022-0609
High 8.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Chrome from Google. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on February 15, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 22.4% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)22.4%top 2.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Feb 15, 2022
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Mar 1, 2022.
Official description
Use after free in Animation in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20220121-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20220121-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20220121-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20220121-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0609 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 98.0.4758.102-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0609 |
| NuGet | cefsharp.common | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.common.netcore | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.offscreen | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.offscreen.netcore | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.winforms | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.winforms.netcore | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.wpf | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.wpf.hwndhost | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
| NuGet | cefsharp.wpf.netcore | 98.1.210 | GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1296150 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0609 government-resource