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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2022-4186 json

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.71 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to…

published 2022-11-29 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-51547

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.71 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass Downloads restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 108.0.5359.71
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 108.0.5359.71-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4186

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 108.0.5359.71-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4186

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 108.0.5359.71-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP4, Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 108.0.5359.71-bp154.2.49.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12545-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:10229-1

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-2022-4186 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads

  • 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

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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