8.8

CVE-2022-2998: google chrome Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-2998DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2998
Published 26-09-2022Last modified 21-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2998 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 30.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
30.26%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-5212-1

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

30.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 30.26% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
30.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • chromium< 104.0.5112.101-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 104.0.5112.101 | < 104.0.5112.101
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 104.0.5112.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links