CVEs / CVE-2022-2856
CVE-2022-2856: Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 18 Aug 2022
- medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 4.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Google Chromium Intents contains an insufficient validation of untrusted input vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to browse to a malicious website 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.
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | from unspecified, before 104.0.5112.101 | 104.0.5112.101 |
| google chrome | before 104.0.5112.101 | 104.0.5112.101 |
| fedoraproject fedora | 37 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 18 Aug 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 8 Sep 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
References
- CVE-2022-2856 on NVD
- CVE-2022-2856 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2022-2856 on OSV
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1345630 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3TGD7ZMIQ6Z4ZZ3SAVYE/ Mailing List
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2856 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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