CVE-2022-2294
WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 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
- 70.83% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 August 2022 · due 15 September 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- google/chrome · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · webkitgtk/webkitgtk · wpewebkit/wpe webkit · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos · webrtc project/webrtc
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 70.8% since 30 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://groups.google.com/g/discuss-webrtc/c/5KBtZx2gvcQ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2294
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1341043Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1341043Permissions Required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/Broken Link
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/Broken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2294US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.