Google on Thursday released software updates to address yet
another zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
Tracked as CVE-2022-4135, the high-severity
vulnerability has been described as a heap buffer overflow in the
GPU component. Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group
(TAG) has been credited with reporting the flaw on November 22,
2022.
Heap-based buffer overflow bugs can be weaponized[1]
by threat actors to crash a program or execute arbitrary code,
leading to unintended behavior.
“Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-4135 exists in the
wild,” the tech giant acknowledged[2]
in an advisory.
But like other actively exploited issues, technical specifics
have been withheld until a majority of the users are updated with a
fix and to prevent further abuse.
With the latest update, Google has resolved eight zero-day
vulnerabilities in Chrome since the start of the year –
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 107.0.5304.121 for
macOS and Linux and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for Windows to mitigate
potential threats.
Users of Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave,
Opera, and Vivaldi are also advised to apply the fixes as and when
they become available.
References
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weaponized
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acknowledged
(chromereleases.googleblog.com)
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