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CVE-2022-3038 kev in the critical feed json

Use after free in Network Service in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-42470

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2023-03-30
epss
24.9%
EPSS 24.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use after free in Network Service in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 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 105.0.5195.52
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 105.0.5195.52-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3038

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 105.0.5195.102-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3038

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 105.0.5195.102-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 105.0.5195.102-bp153.2.119.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 105.0.5195.102-bp154.2.26.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12319-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10120-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10119-1

  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.16 5.15.3_git20220505-r4
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +4 more 5.15.11-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-3038

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

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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-2022-3038 updated cvss 9.6

chromium-browser: Use after free in Network Service

  • 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

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
3y ago
Patch by
2023-04-20 (3y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium Network Service
CISA name
Google Chromium Network Service Use-After-Free Vulnerability

ATT&CK techniques

How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

  • T1204.001 Malicious Link exploitation
  • T1574 Hijack Execution Flow primary impact

kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

24.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1340253 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
  • fedoraproject fedora

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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