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CVE-2022-1096 kev in the critical feed json

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-24439

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-28
epss
24.7%
EPSS 24.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 99.0.4844.84
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 99.0.4844.84-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1096

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 99.0.4844.84-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1096

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 99.0.4844.84-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree 85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree 85.0.4341.28-lp153.2.42.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11957-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0103-1

  • chromium Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +7 more 99.0.4844.84-r0
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.15 5.15.3_git20211127-r5
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 5.15.3_git20220407-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-1096

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium Arch Linux 99.0.4844.84-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2715

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-1096 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-209-01 updated cvss 4.0

Rockwell Products Impacted by Chromium Type Confusion

  • Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench software 11, 12, 13, 20 Rockwell Automation Enhanced HIM (eHIM) for PowerFlex 6000T 1.001 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Linx Enterprise software 6.20, 6.21, 6.30 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition 13
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Users should be sure to not remove the contents of the folder before pasting the new file.” compatibility.rockwellautomation.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. Found exploited as a 0-day (Project Zero)
  2. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. Published
  6. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-04-18 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium V8
CISA name
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Found
2022-03-23
Patched
2022-03-25
Details
project zero root cause analysis

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

24.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
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References

Sources

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