CVE-2022-2998
Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-2998- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-2998- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-35213
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-35213- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f84q-wwjh-mq43
Use after free in Browser Creation in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f84q-wwjh-mq43- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-2998- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-2998
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2998- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-2998 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2998- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumDebian:12 |
before 104.0.5112.101-1 | 104.0.5112.101-1 |
chromiumDebian:13 |
before 104.0.5112.101-1 | 104.0.5112.101-1 |
chromiumDebian:14 |
before 104.0.5112.101-1 | 104.0.5112.101-1 |
chromiumDebian:11 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1, plus listed versions 100.0.4896.127-1100.0.4896.127-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.60-1100.0.4896.60-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.75-1 Show 40 moreShow less100.0.4896.75-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.88-1100.0.4896.88-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-1101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-2101.0.4951.54-1101.0.4951.64-1101.0.4951.64-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.115-1102.0.5005.115-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.61-1102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.114-1103.0.5060.114-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.134-1103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.53-1103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.79-1104.0.5112.79-1~deb11u190.0.4430.212-193.0.4577.82-197.0.4692.71-0.197.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u197.0.4692.99-197.0.4692.99-1~deb11u197.0.4692.99-1~deb11u298.0.4758.102-198.0.4758.102-1~deb11u198.0.4758.80-198.0.4758.80-1~deb11u199.0.4818.0-0.199.0.4844.51-199.0.4844.51-1~deb11u199.0.4844.51-299.0.4844.74-199.0.4844.74-1~deb11u199.0.4844.84-199.0.4844.84-1~deb11u1 |
104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 104.0.5112.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1 Show 45 moreShow less63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.98-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.142-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.177.0.3865.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.70-0ubuntu0.18.04.278.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.108-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.130-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.163-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.122-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.183.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.184.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.185.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.18.04.285.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.186.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.186.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.187.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.189.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
104.0.5112.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2998 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published August 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.3%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in chromium 104.0.5112.101-1.
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
crbug.com/1329794
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2998
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f84q-wwjh-mq43
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2998
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2998
bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2300
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2998
Left out here: 16 versions. The JSON record has them.