ChromeWeb browser · Google
CVE-2022-2612
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSide-channel information leakage in Keyboard input in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSide-channel information leakage in Google Chrome's keyboard input handling allowed a remote attacker with a compromised renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory through a crafted HTML page. This is a timing-based side-channel vulnerability in how Chrome processes keyboard input.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
ChromeWeb browser
< 104.0.5112.79
FedoraOperating system
= 37CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Google Chrome is installedOpen terminal and run: which google-chrome or google-chrome --versionAffected if Google Chrome is not found on the system
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Determine installed Google Chrome versionRun: google-chrome --version or navigate to chrome://settings/help in the browserAffected if Version number is displayed as less than 104.0.5112.79
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Check Fedora package version (if using Fedora)Run: rpm -q google-chrome-stableAffected if Package version is below 104.0.5112.79-1 (or the specific Fedora 37 package version)
The environment is affected if Google Chrome is installed and its version is below 104.0.5112.79.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped104.0.5112.79
Update Google Chrome to version 104.0.5112.79 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
Chrome 104.0.5112.79 or later (or latest stable release)
- Ensure your Chrome installation is connected to the internet for automatic updates, or download Chrome 104.0.5112.79 or later from the official Google Chrome website
- Open Chrome and navigate to Settings > Help > About Google Chrome to trigger a manual update check
- Verify the version number shows 104.0.5112.79 or higher
- For Fedora systems using Chromium package: run 'sudo dnf update chromium' to apply available security updates
- Restart the browser after updating
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Chrome
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-2612 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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