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high 8.8

CVE-2022-2294 kev+ ransomware in the critical feed json

Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption vi…

published 2022-07-28 4 y ago modified 2026-08-04 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-34567

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-08-25, used in ransomware
epss
70.8%
EPSS 70.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 103.0.5060.114
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 103.0.5060.114-1
  • wpewebkit Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.36.6-1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.36.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2294

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.36.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.36.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 103.0.5060.134-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2294

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 103.0.5060.114-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree 89.0.4447.71-lp154.2.14.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree 89.0.4447.71-lp153.2.54.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree, openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree 88.0.4412.74-lp154.2.11.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP4, Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 103.0.5060.114-bp154.2.14.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12180-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10088-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10087-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10057-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10055-1

  • chromium Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 103.0.5060.114-r0
  • webkit2gtk Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +2 more 2.36.5-r0
  • webkit2gtk-5.0 Alpine 3.17, Alpine 3.16 2.36.5-r0
  • webkit2gtk-6.0 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 2.36.5-r0
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.16 5.15.3_git20220505-r2
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +4 more 5.15.3_git20220601-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-2294

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-2294 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Found exploited as a 0-day (Project Zero)
  2. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  3. CISA SSVC: exploitation active
  4. Published
  5. Added to CISA KEV
  6. CISA patch deadline

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-09-15 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Known to be used in ransomware campaigns
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
WebRTC, WebRTC
CISA name
WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Found
2022-07-01
Patched
2022-07-04
Details
project zero root cause analysis

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4 y ago

Exploit prediction

70.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.