CVE-2022-4262 (GCVE-0-2022-4262)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-02 00:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:15
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Type Confusion
Summary
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)
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: unspecified   < 108.0.5359.94
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-12-05

Due date: 2022-12-26

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4262

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