CVE-2022-2998
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- 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
- 30.26% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 30.3% since 3 November 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.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1329794Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1329794Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.