CVE-2022-4920

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 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: 2023-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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/1306861
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKLJ3B3D5BCVWE3QNP4N7HHF26OHD567/
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
https://crbug.com/1306861
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKLJ3B3D5BCVWE3QNP4N7HHF26OHD567/

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