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CVE-2022-0605

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Webstore API in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension and convinced a user to enage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 98.0.4758.102 — fixed in 98.0.4758.102

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 98.0.4758.102. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
• https://crbug.com/1286940
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
• https://crbug.com/1286940

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