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CVE-2022-0798

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% 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 MediaStream in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.51 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 99.0.4844.51 — fixed in 99.0.4844.51

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 99.0.4844.51. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1283402
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1283402
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

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