Confirmed as exploited
CVE-2022-0609
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.
01 / ACTION
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
22 explicit affected versions
126 explicit affected versions
38 explicit affected versions
120 explicit affected versions
38 explicit affected versions
125 explicit affected versions
38 explicit affected versions
133 explicit affected versions
38 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Google Chromium Animation contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
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.
CVE-2022-0609: Use after free in Animation - https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0609 Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2022-0609 exist in the wild. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. There is currently little other public information on the issue other than it has been flagged as `High` severity.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
- https://crbug.com/1296150
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0609
- https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp
- https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0609