Vulnerability record

CVE-2022-2856

Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

Severity: ElevatedExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Chromium Intents, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Sep 8, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
ChromeGoogle< 104.0.5112.101; < 104.0.5112.102104.0.5112.101; 104.0.5112.102NVD
Chromium IntentsGoogle——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2022-2856 scored CVSS 6.5: Google Chromium Intents, Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Chromium Intents systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

    Patch released for CVE-2022-2856: Google Chromium Intents, Google Chromium Intents Insufficient Input Validation Vulnerability

    An official fix is now available for Google Chromium Intents. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References

  • chromereleases.googleblog.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2856
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1345630
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3…
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2856