CVE-2022-1491 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the Bookmarks component of Google Chrome versions prior to 101.0.4951.41. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially trigger heap corruption, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires specific and direct user interaction. The CVSS score is 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a significant risk. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV listed as No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB are None), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 101.0.4951.41CPE 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
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.