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CVE-2022-1491

22
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 101.0.4951.41CPE 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
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 56th 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: 101.0.1210.32
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Apr/CVE-2022-1491

Chromium: CVE-2022-1491 Use after free in Bookmarks

Apr 12, 2022

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1305706
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-25
Third Party Advisory