CVE-2022-1490

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Browser Switcher in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 101.0.4951.41 — fixed in 101.0.4951.41

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 101.0.4951.41. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
https://crbug.com/1301840
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
https://crbug.com/1301840
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

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