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CVE-2022-4262

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-12-05 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2022-12-02
  • Fixed in108.0.5359.94
  • WeaknessCWE-843

Am I affected?

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Description

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.94 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-0221:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-12-05Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-12-05Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-12-05Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-01-2821:35SSVC 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-2022-4262?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-4262?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
108.0< 108.0.5359.94108.0.5359.94

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
    • < 108.0.5359.94fixed in 108.0.5359.94custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-02-20

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 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4all versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-bp154.2.52.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-1
  • chromiumDebian:13all versions · fixed in 108.0.5359.94-1

15 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-4262 Red Hat Product Security

    chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Google chrome to 108.0.5359.94
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-12-26

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
3 repositories, unverifiedbjrjk/CVE-2022-4262mistymntncop/CVE-2022-4262quangnh89/CVE-2022-4262
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-12-05
Patch Due Date
2022-12-26
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
2022-12-02
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-hq2w-83f9-f353

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4262?

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.94 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Is CVE-2022-4262 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2022-4262 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 2022-12-26.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-4262?

CVE-2022-4262 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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