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CVE-2022-4262: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighKEVAnalyzed
AliasesopenSUSE-SU-2022:10236-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4262DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4262
Published 02-12-2022Last modified 21-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4262 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Type Confusion vulnerability in Google Chromium V8. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 05-12-2022. EPSS estimates a 23.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
85/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
23.51%
0%100%
High · +7.53 pp in 30 days
KEVListedCISA
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
MGASA-2022-0451OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10254-1OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0115-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12609-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Timeline

  1. 02-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-12-2022
    Added to CISA KEVGoogle Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
  3. 26-12-2022
    CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
  4. 21-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.94 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

23.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+7.53 pp

From 15.98% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
23.51%

Known exploited

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CISA KEVListed
Added
05-12-2022
Federal due date
26-12-2022

CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions. chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4262

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse3 products
  • chromium&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromium&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromium&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 108.0.5359.94-1.1
Suse2 products
  • chromium&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3< 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromium&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP4< 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
Debian1 product
  • chromium< 108.0.5359.94-1~deb11u1 | < 108.0.5359.94-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 108.0.5359.94 | < 108.0.5359.94
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 109.0.5414.74-0ubuntu0.18.04.14

5 vendors · 8 products

References

10 links