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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Microsoft Windows
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- crbug.com/1116450 (Exploit, Mailing List, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
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.