Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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 version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 100.0.1185.44. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the April 15, 2022 advisory.

  - Use after free in tab groups in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1313)

  - Use after free in storage in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1305)

  - Inappropriate implementation in compositing in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a remote     attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1306)

  - Inappropriate implementation in full screen in Google Chrome on Android prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a     remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1307)

  - Use after free in BFCache in Google Chrome prior to 100.0.4896.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1308)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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
159816	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 100.0.1185.44 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-29144

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

critical