A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component V8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.94 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The weakness was published 12/03/2022. The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-4262 since 12/02/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/25/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as highly functional. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 12/05/2022 with a due date of 12/26/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Upgrading to version 108.0.5359.94 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com.

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