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Full vulnerability report · 2022
CVE-2022-1863High confidence

Google Chrome — Use After Free

Google · Chrome

8.8HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-25136

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

Use after free in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension and specific user interaction.

What

Use after free in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension and specific user interaction.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

Use after free in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 102.0.5005.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension and specific user interaction.

Why

The program can continue using memory after it has been released, producing unsafe and attacker-influenceable behaviour.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Use After Free → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-416

CWE-416: Use After Free. The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory belongs to the code that operates on the new pointer.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkUnauthenticatedCWE-416
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-514Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Edge

Microsoft CVE-2022-1856 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1856 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1857 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1857 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1858 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1858 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1859 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1859 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1862 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1862 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1863 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1863 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1864 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1864 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1865 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1865 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1867 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1867 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1868 du 31 mai 2022 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1868 Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft CVE-2022-1869 du 31 mai

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2022-AVI-513Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Chrome

.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1854 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1855 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1855 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1856 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1856 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1857 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1857 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1858 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1858 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1859 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1859 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1860 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1860 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1861 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1861 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1862 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1862 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1863 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1863 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1864 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1864 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1865 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1865 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1866 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1866 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1867 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1867 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1868 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1868 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1869 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1869 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1870 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1870 Référence CVE CVE-2022-1871 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1871 Ré

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
unspecified < 102.0.5005.61
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 27 Jul 2022 · Last source change 3 Aug 2024, 00:17 UTC · CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-25136
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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