CVE-2022-4180 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Mojo component, affecting versions prior to 108.0.5359.71. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to install a malicious Chrome Extension, leading to heap corruption and potential arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High) due to its network attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 108.0.5359.71CPE 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.