Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2022-2160
Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 103.0.5060.53 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from a user's local files via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.007 (47.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Windows
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Exploit, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-2160?
- CVE-2022-2160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-28.
- How severe is CVE-2022-2160?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.