CVEs / CVE-2022-0609

CVE-2022-0609: Google Chromium Animation Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 15 Feb 2022
high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 22.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

Google Chromium Animation contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

Use after free in Animation in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 5 Apr 2022 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
Google Chrome	from unspecified, before 98.0.4758.102	98.0.4758.102

As stated by OSV
Product	Affected	Fixed in
CefSharp.Common (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.OffScreen (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.WinForms (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.Wpf (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.Common.NETCore (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.WinForms.NETCore (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210
CefSharp.Wpf.NETCore (NuGet)	before 98.1.210	98.1.210

Package versions from GHSA-vv6j-ww6x-54gx.

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	15 Feb 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	1 Mar 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	8.8 high `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-416

References

CVE-2022-0609 on NVD
CVE-2022-0609 in the CISA KEV catalog
CVE-2022-0609 on OSV
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1296150 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-0609 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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