CVE-2022-0452 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 98.0.4758.80, specifically within the Safe Browsing component. This flaw allows a remote attacker, by enticing a user to visit a crafted HTML page, to potentially achieve a sandbox escape. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL), it presents a low-complexity attack vector that could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention from security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 98.0.4758.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.