CVE-2022-2998 (GCVE-0-2022-2998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-26 15:01 – Updated: 2025-05-21 19:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced a user to engage in a specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-21 19:04 UTC
CWE
- Use after free
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/sta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://crbug.com/1329794 | x_refsource_MISC |
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