CVE-2022-2294

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-25. Federal remediation due 2022-09-15. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

70.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-07-28 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-04 03:55Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2022-07-03

Assigning CNA

Chrome

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4d11128e0b49ccd7fc9b295a5529a81c0d83c703bcc4687c53ce291580cc06b5

• crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/1341043
• chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-0102ccc2a2https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-1d3d5a0341https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220728 WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2022-0007http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2mailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-35https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-39https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202311-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11vendor-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2294government-resource