CVE-2022-1859
📋 TL;DR
This is a use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's Performance Manager component that allows remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption. Attackers can trigger this by convincing users to interact with a malicious HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. All users running vulnerable versions of Google Chrome are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Google Chrome
📦 What is this software?
Chrome by Google
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Learn more about Chrome →⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Remote code execution with the privileges of the Chrome process, potentially leading to full system compromise if combined with privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Likely Case
Browser crash (denial of service) or limited code execution within Chrome's sandbox, potentially enabling data theft or further exploitation.
If Mitigated
No impact if Chrome is fully patched or if users avoid interacting with untrusted web content.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires user interaction with a malicious HTML page. No public exploit code is known at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 102.0.5005.61 and later
Vendor Advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Open Chrome browser
2. Click the three-dot menu in top-right
3. Go to Help > About Google Chrome
4. Chrome will automatically check for and install updates
5. Click 'Relaunch' to restart Chrome with the updated version
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable JavaScript
allTemporarily disable JavaScript to prevent exploitation, though this will break most websites
Use Chrome's Site Isolation
allEnsure site isolation is enabled (default in modern Chrome) to limit impact
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict web browsing to trusted sites only using browser policies
- Implement application whitelisting to prevent execution of unauthorized code
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Chrome version by navigating to chrome://version/ and comparing to vulnerable versionsCheck Version:
On command line: google-chrome --version (Linux) or "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --version (Windows)Verify Fix Applied:
Verify Chrome version is 102.0.5005.61 or higher📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Chrome crash reports
- Unexpected process termination events
- Security event logs showing browser exploitation attempts
Network Indicators:
- Unusual outbound connections from Chrome process
- Traffic to known malicious domains hosting exploit code
SIEM Query:
source="chrome" AND (event_type="crash" OR process_name="chrome.exe" AND exit_code!=0)🔗 References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/1322744
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/1322744
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
