CVE-2022-0790 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Cast UI of Google Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.51. This flaw allows a remote attacker, through specific user interaction with a crafted HTML page, to potentially achieve a sandbox escape. With a CVSS score of 9.6, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring user interaction but enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 99.0.4844.51CPE 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.