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CVE-2022-0099

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0099 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 97.0.4692.71, affecting Chrome and Fedora products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker, by convincing a user to perform specific gestures, to potentially exploit heap corruption, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 97.0.4692.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 97.0.1072.55
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Jan/CVE-2022-0099

Chromium: CVE-2022-0099 Use after free in Sign-in

Jan 11, 2022

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2022/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1245629
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5PAGL5M2KGYPN3VEQCRJJE6NA7D5YG5X
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQJB6ZPRLKV6WCMX2PRRRQBFAOXFBK6B
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRWRAXAFR3JR7XCFWTHC2KALSZKWACCE