Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-25 (Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and its derivatives. Please review the CVE     identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5104 advisory.

  - Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user     interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

  - Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

  - Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote     attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap     corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0085-1 advisory.

  - Use after free in Blink Layout. (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions. (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing. (CVE-2022-0973, CVE-2022-0979)

  - : Use after free in Splitscreen. (CVE-2022-0974)

  - Use after free in ANGLE. (CVE-2022-0975, CVE-2022-0978)

  - Heap buffer overflow in GPU. (CVE-2022-0976)

  - Use after free in Browser UI. (CVE-2022-0977)

  - Use after free in New Tab Page. (CVE-2022-0980)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 99.0.1150.46. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the March 17, 2022 advisory.

  - Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user     interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

  - Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

  - Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote     attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap     corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 857be71a-a4b0-11ec-95fc-3065ec8fd3ec advisory.

  - Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user     interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

  - Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

  - Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote     attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap     corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 99.0.4844.74. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2022_03_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15 advisory.

  - Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user     interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

  - Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

  - Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote     attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap     corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 99.0.4844.74. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2022_03_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15 advisory.

  - Use after free in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user     interactions. (CVE-2022-0980)

  - Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker     who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0971)

  - Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a     user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
    (CVE-2022-0972)

  - Use after free in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0973)

  - Use after free in Splitscreen in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote     attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap     corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-0974)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
164112	GLSA-202208-25 : Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
159112	Debian DSA-5104-1 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
159078	openSUSE 15 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2022:0085-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
159037	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 99.0.1150.46 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	critical
158983	FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (857be71a-a4b0-11ec-95fc-3065ec8fd3ec)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
158936	Google Chrome < 99.0.4844.74 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	critical
158935	Google Chrome < 99.0.4844.74 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

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