Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2022 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2022-0605

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in Webstore API in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension and convinced a user to enage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20chromium98.0.4758.102-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-0605
Alpine:v3.21chromium98.0.4758.102-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-0605
Alpine:v3.22chromium98.0.4758.102-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-0605
Alpine:v3.23chromium98.0.4758.102-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-0605
Alpine:v3.24chromium98.0.4758.102-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-0605
Debian:12chromium98.0.4758.102-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0605
Debian:13chromium98.0.4758.102-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0605
Debian:14chromium98.0.4758.102-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0605

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 98.0.4758.102

References