High Threat Security Alert (A22-08-10): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

Description:

Google released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content on a vulnerable browser to exploit the vulnerability.

Reports indicate that the vulnerability (CVE-2022-2856) is being exploited in the wild. You are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

Affected Systems:

• Google Chrome prior to version 104.0.5112.102

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution or security restriction bypass on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Users of affected systems should update Google Chrome to version 104.0.5112.102 or later to address the issue. The update can be obtained through the auto-update mechanism or manually by visiting the "About Google Chrome" page. Concerned users should relaunch Google Chrome to make the update effective.

More Information:

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
• https://www.hkcert.org/security-bulletin/google-chrome-multiple-vulnerabilities_20220817
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2852 (to CVE-2022-2861)