CVE-2022-0609 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Animation component, affecting versions prior to 98.0.4758.102. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially corrupt heap memory by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog and extensive media coverage, despite the lack of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 98.0.4758.102CPE 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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.