CVE-2022-3040 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Layout component, affecting versions prior to 105.0.5195.52, as well as Fedora Project's Chrome and Fedora distributions. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in a BleepingComputer article regarding Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 105.0.5195.52CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.