Vulnerability · Published Feb 12, 2022 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2022-0298

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 0.8% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in Scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.99 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220121-r4ALPINE-CVE-2022-0298
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220121-r4ALPINE-CVE-2022-0298
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220121-r4ALPINE-CVE-2022-0298
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20220121-r4ALPINE-CVE-2022-0298
Debian:12chromium97.0.4692.99-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0298
Debian:13chromium97.0.4692.99-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0298
Debian:14chromium97.0.4692.99-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0298

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 97.0.4692.99

References