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CVE-2022-2998

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced a user to engage in a specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 104.0.5112.101 — fixed in 104.0.5112.101

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 104.0.5112.101. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
• https://crbug.com/1329794
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
• https://crbug.com/1329794

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