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CVE-2022-0805

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0805 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Browser Switcher, affecting Google, Apple, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through specific user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 99.0.4844.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 57th 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: 99.0.1150.30
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Mar/CVE-2022-0805

Chromium: CVE-2022-0805 Use after free in Browser Switcher

Mar 8, 2022

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1290700
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-25
Third Party Advisory