CVE-2022-4262
Published 2022-12-02 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Summary
CVE-2022-4262 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Google Chromium V8. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on December 5, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by December 26, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Google has 76 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 76 known-exploited Google vulnerabilities →Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 108.0.5359.94 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Google — Chromium V8
Name: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-12-05 · Due: 2022-12-26
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1394403
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1394403
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-4262

