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CVE-2022-3038

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-03-30 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2022-09-26
  • WeaknessCWE-416

Am I affected?

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Description

Use after free in Network Service in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-09-2616:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-03-30Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2023-03-30Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-03-30Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2024-05-1317:55SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3038?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3038?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
37.x= 37no fix published
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
105.0< 105.0.5195.52105.0.5195.52

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Chrome, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Google Chrome
    Affected
    • < 105.0.5195.52fixed in 105.0.5195.52custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-10-03

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.102-bp154.2.26.1
  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.102-bp153.2.119.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.102-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.102-bp154.2.26.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.102-bp153.2.119.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.52-1
  • chromiumDebian:13all versions · fixed in 105.0.5195.52-1

13 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-3038 Red Hat Product Security

    chromium-browser: Use after free in Network Service

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2023-04-20

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2023-03-30
Patch Due Date
2023-04-20
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-09-26
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-r8h7-mp45-wq8g

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3038?

Use after free in Network Service in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Is CVE-2022-3038 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-3038 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2023-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3038?

CVE-2022-3038 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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