CVE-2022-0972

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 99.0.4844.74 — fixed in 99.0.4844.74

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 99.0.4844.74. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://crbug.com/1301320
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://crbug.com/1301320
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

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