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CVE-2022-4178 (GCVE-0-2022-4178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:34
VLAI
Summary
Use after free in Mojo in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.71 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use after free
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 108.0.5359.71 (custom)
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