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CVE-2022-0980

• 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: yes
• Published: 2022-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in New Tab Page 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 specific user interactions.

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/1302157
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
• https://crbug.com/1302157
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

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