Google Chromium Animation Use-After-Free Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-02-15
• EPSS: 22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 98% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Use after free in Animation in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CISA: Google Chromium Animation contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 1 Mar 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisory
• crbug.com/1296150Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource