CVE-2022-2998 (GCVE-0-2022-2998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-09-26 15:01
Modified
2025-05-21 19:05
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use after free
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: unspecified   < 104.0.5112.101
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