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Vulnerability details: VCID-k72c-q67k-jyf7
Vulnerability ID VCID-k72c-q67k-jyf7
Aliases CVE-2022-2998
Summary Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced a user to engage in a specific UI interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
epss 0.25262 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
ssvc Track https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://crbug.com/1329794
ssvc Track https://crbug.com/1329794
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2998
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2998
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2852
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2853
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2854
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2855
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2856
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2857
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2858
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2859
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2860
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2861
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2998
1329794 https://crbug.com/1329794
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-2998 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2998
stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-21T19:04:50Z/ Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://crbug.com/1329794
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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unchanged

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-21T19:04:50Z/ Found at https://crbug.com/1329794
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2998
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95963
EPSS Score 0.25262
Published At Aug. 12, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:57:03.142346+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/2xxx/CVE-2022-2998.json 37.0.0