CVE-2022-1876 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 102.0.5005.61, specifically within its DevTools component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to install a malicious extension, potentially leading to heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page. The CVSS score of 8.8 indicates a critical risk, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 102.0.5005.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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