CVE-2022-0972: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 99.0.4844.74 (fixed in 99.0.4844.74)

Published 2022-07-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.