CVEs / CVE-2022-2294
CVE-2022-2294: WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Aug 2022
- high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 70.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
WebRTC, an open-source project providing web browsers with real-time communication, contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform shellcode execution. This vulnerability impacts web browsers using WebRTC including but not limited to Google Chrome.
Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | from unspecified, before 103.0.5060.114 | 103.0.5060.114 |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 25 Aug 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 15 Sep 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Known |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2022-2294 on NVD
- CVE-2022-2294 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://groups.google.com/g/discuss-webrtc/c/5KBtZx2gvcQ (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2022-2294 on OSV
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1341043 Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/ Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/ Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2294 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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