CVE-2022-4920
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker...
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
CVE-2022-4920- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-10
CVE List
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
CVE-2022-4920- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-52174
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
EUVD-2022-52174- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vg57-hwh2-c85p
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker...
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
GHSA-vg57-hwh2-c85p- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
CVE-2022-4920- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-4920
Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4920- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumDebian:12 |
before 101.0.4951.41-1 | 101.0.4951.41-1 |
chromiumDebian:13 |
before 101.0.4951.41-1 | 101.0.4951.41-1 |
chromiumDebian:14 |
before 101.0.4951.41-1 | 101.0.4951.41-1 |
chromiumDebian:11 From an advisory covering 26 CVEs |
before 101.0.4951.41-1~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 22 moreShow less100.0.4896.75-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.88-1100.0.4896.88-1~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 |
101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-4920 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Google Chrome, published April 27, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in chromium 101.0.4951.41-1.
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
crbug.com/1306861
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4920
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg57-hwh2-c85p
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4920