CVE-2022-2856
Google Chromium Intents: Insufficient Input Validation
As of , CVE-2022-2856 in Google Chromium Intents is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 18 August 2022
- US federal deadline
- 8 September 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.05Higher than 91% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- No score that dayThe EPSS file of the day CISA listed it has no score for it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: chromereleases.googleblog.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
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.
CISA's 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.
The CVE record's description, from Chrome
- CVE published
- 26 September 2022
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- CVSS
- 6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-20
- Improper Input Validation
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
- The CVE record was published.
Chromium Intents: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-38000Improper Input Validation | Google Chromium Intents | Patch soon | 0.05 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org