Google has patched a high-severity vulnerability for the desktop model of its Chrome browser.

The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-2856, is being actively exploited within the wild, the corporate says, which is why it’s paramount that customers patch their endpoints (opens in new tab) instantly. 

As is widespread, Google doesn’t need to say a lot in regards to the flaw, till the vast majority of Chrome cases have been patched. What it did say, although, is that that is an improper enter validation bug, additional described as “inadequate validation of untrusted enter in Intents.”

Patching up holes

The repair got here as half of a bigger replace, overlaying a complete of 11 vulnerabilities. Moreover CVE-2022-2856, Google mounted these flaws, as nicely:

• CVE-2022-2852 (crucial): Use after free in FedCM
• CVE-2022-2854 (excessive): Use after free in SwiftShader
• CVE-2022-2855 (excessive): Use after free in ANGLE
• CVE-2022-2857 (excessive): Use after free in Blink
• CVE-2022-2858 (excessive): Use after free in Signal-In Movement.
• CVE-2022-2853 (excessive): Heap buffer overflow in Downloads
• CVE-2022-2859 (medium): Use after free in Chrome OS Shell
• CVE-2022-2860 (medium): Inadequate coverage enforcement in Cookies
• CVE-2022-2861 (medium): Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API

As per a report on The Register, Google paid out no less than $29,000 to bounty hunters who discovered and disclosed these vulnerabilities. The best payout, of $7,000, went to researchers who discovered CVE-2022-2854 and CVE-2022-2855. Final yr, the corporate paid out nearly $9 million for quite a few bug disclosures.

Being the world’s primary browser, Chrome can also be the largest goal, with numerous menace actors racing to seek out new zero-day vulnerabilities. Lower than two months in the past, Google mounted one such vulnerability for the Home windows model, that was allegedly being exploited within the wild.

The high-severity bug, tracked as CVE-2022-2294, is a heap-based buffer overflow weak point.

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By way of: The Register (opens in new tab)