CVE-2022-1638 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 Internationalization component, affecting versions prior to 101.0.4951.64. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is currently reported, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 101.0.4951.64CPE 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.