CVE-2022-2294: WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Published Jul 1, 2022
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Updated

AMD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

Other sources

APFS. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. An integer overflow was addressed with improved input validation.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

Credit

Jan Vojtesek(the Avast Threat Intelligence team), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Baidu Security), Ye Zhang@@co0py_Cat(Baidu Security), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), Ferdous Saljooki@@malwarezoo(Jamf Software), an anonymous researcher, John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Daniel Lim Wee Soong(STAR Labs), Joshua Mason(Mandiant), Joshua Jones, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Secure Disclosure Labs), Korea Univ., Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), Mickey Jin@@patch1t, hjy79425575, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, ABC Research s.r.o, Yinyi Wu@@3ndy1, ABC Research s.r.o., Dongzhuo Zhao(ADLab of Venustech), (Cyberpeace Tech Co), ZhaoHai(Cyberpeace Tech Co), Ltd., Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), (Ant Group), Min Zheng(Ant Group), Hexhive (hexhive.epfl.ch)(China), NCNIPC(China), CVE-2022-32823, Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Kai Lu(Zscaler's ThreatLabz), Sreejith Krishnan R@@skr0x1c0, Jeffrey Paul (sneak.berlin), Joshua Mason @jhu.edu)@@josh, Evgeny Kotkov, visualsvn.com, Xuxiang Yang@@another1024(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Gordon Long(Computest Sector 7), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Yuebin Sun@@yuebinsun2020(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Binoy Chitale(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University(Illinois at Chicago), Nick Nikiforakis(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), Chris Kanich(Illinois at Chicago), (Illinois at Chicago), Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), P1umer@@p1umer, Q1IQ@@q1iqF, Matthias Keller (m-keller.com), afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Manfred Paul@@_manfp(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jan Vojtesek(Avast Threat Intelligence team), Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Jeremy Legendre(MacEnhance), Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing)

Affected Software

79 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS Monterey<12.5
12.5
Apple Safari<15.6
15.6
Apple iOS<15.6
15.6
Apple iPadOS<15.6
15.6
Google Chrome<103.0.5060.114
Fedoraproject Extra Packages For Enterprise Linux=8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=35
Fedoraproject Fedora=36
WebKitGTK WebKitGTK<2.36.5
wpewebkit WPE WebKit<2.36.5
Apple iPadOS<15.6
Apple iPhone OS<15.6
Apple iOS and macOS<10.15.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-005
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2020-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-003
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-004
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-005
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-006
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-007
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2021-008
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-001
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-002
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-003
Apple iOS and macOS=10.15.7-security_update_2022-004
Apple macOS<11.6.8
Apple macOS>=12.0<12.5
Apple tvOS<15.6
Apple WatchOS<8.7
Webrtc Project Webrtc
Google Chrome<103.0.5060.114
103.0.5060.114
WebRTC WebRTC
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/chromium<103.0.5060.114-r0
103.0.5060.114-r0
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220505-r2
5.15.3_git20220505-r2
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/qt5-qtwebengine<5.15.3_git20220601-r1
5.15.3_git20220601-r1
alpine/webkit2gtk<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-5.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-5.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0<2.36.5-r0
2.36.5-r0
debian/chromium<103.0.5060.114-1
103.0.5060.114-1
debian/chromium<103.0.5060.114-1
103.0.5060.114-1
debian/chromium<103.0.5060.114-1
103.0.5060.114-1
debian/webkit2gtk<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/webkit2gtk<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/webkit2gtk<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/wpewebkit<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/wpewebkit<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/wpewebkit<2.36.6-1
2.36.6-1
debian/chromium
150.0.7871.100-1~deb12u1156.0.8078.79-1~deb12u1150.0.7871.181-1~deb13u1156.0.8078.79-1~deb13u1156.0.8078.79-1
debian/webkit2gtk
2.50.6-1~deb12u22.50.6-1~deb12u12.52.6-1~deb13u12.54.0-1~deb13u32.52.6-12.54.2-2
debian/wpewebkit
2.38.6-12.48.3-12.54.2-1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 12.5
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade Safari to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.6
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS and iPadOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.6
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 15.6
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 103.0.5060.114
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/chromium to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 103.0.5060.114-r0
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/qt5-qtwebengine to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 5.15.3_git20220505-r2
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/qt5-qtwebengine to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 5.15.3_git20220601-r1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/webkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.36.5-r0
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/webkit2gtk-5.0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.36.5-r0
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade alpine/webkit2gtk-6.0 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.36.5-r0
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/chromium to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 103.0.5060.114-1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/webkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.36.6-1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/wpewebkit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.36.6-1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/chromium to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 150.0.7871.100-1~deb12u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.79-1~deb12u1Fixed in 150.0.7871.181-1~deb13u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.79-1~deb13u1Fixed in 156.0.8078.79-1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/webkit2gtk to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.50.6-1~deb12u2Fixed in 2.50.6-1~deb12u1Fixed in 2.52.6-1~deb13u1Fixed in 2.54.0-1~deb13u3Fixed in 2.52.6-1Fixed in 2.54.2-2
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/wpewebkit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.38.6-1Fixed in 2.48.3-1Fixed in 2.54.2-1

Event History

Jul 1, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Data Sourced
12:00 AM
SeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Jul 28, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·02:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Data Sourced
via OSV·02:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Aug 18, 2022
News Published
via Threatpost·02:31 PM
Aug 25, 2022
Known Ransomware
via CISA·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via CISA·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the CVE ID for this vulnerability?

The CVE ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2294.

2

What is the title of this vulnerability?

The title of this vulnerability is WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

3

What is the impact of this vulnerability?

This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform shellcode execution.

4

Which software is affected by this vulnerability?

Web browsers using WebRTC, including Google Chrome, Apple macOS Monterey (up to version 12.5), Apple iOS (up to version 15.6), Apple iPadOS (up to version 15.6), and Apple Safari (up to version 15.6).

5

Are there any references related to this vulnerability?

Yes, you can find references related to this vulnerability at the following links: [Link 1](https://groups.google.com/g/discuss-webrtc/c/5KBtZx2gvcQ), [Link 2](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345), [Link 3](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213341).

6

What is the CWE ID for this vulnerability?

The CWE ID for this vulnerability is CWE-119.

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