CVE-2022-1096
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 24.73% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 28 March 2022 · due 18 April 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 24.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1096
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_25.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1309225Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_25.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1309225Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-1096US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.