CVE-2022-2294

Exp

Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2022-07-28 Last update: 2025-10-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-2294 is rated Critical Active Threat (89.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-08-25) affecting WebRTC / WebRTC. a weakness (CWE-787) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2022-2294

Name: WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-08-25

Action due: 2022-09-15

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2294

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 1.06% 1.50% +0.44%
2 2026-05-29 1.03% 1.06% +0.03%
3 2026-05-24 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (73 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-2294

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-2294

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-2294

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-2294: 5 source package rows (chromium, qt5-qtwebengine, webkit2gtk, webkit2gtk-5.0, webkit2gtk-6.0); 27 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 27, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-2294
debian unimportant CVE-2022-2294 unimportant priority: Debian including 3 source packages (chromium, webkit2gtk, wpewebkit), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 15. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2294
gentoo high CVE-2022-2294: 3 GLSA(s) (202208-35, 202208-39, 202311-11), 6 atom(s) (dev-qt/qtwebengine, net-libs/webkit-gtk, www-client/chromium, www-client/chromium-bin, www-client/google-chrome, www-client/microsoft-edge); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-2294
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-2294 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (chromium-browser, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk, wpewebkit), 61 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 25, ignored 18, released 9, not-affected 6, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2294

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2294

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 103.0.5060.114 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 36 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webkitgtk webkitgtk < 2.36.5 cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wpewebkit wpe_webkit < 2.36.5 cpe:2.3:a:wpewebkit:wpe_webkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados < 15.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 15.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x < 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-008:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.15.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2022-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos < 11.6.8 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos >= 12.0, < 12.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 15.6 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 8.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webrtc_project webrtc — cpe:2.3:a:webrtc_project:webrtc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-2294

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/28/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1341043 Permissions Required
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BQRTR4SIUNIHLLPWTGYSDNQK7DYCRSB/ Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H2C4XOJVIILDXTOSMWJXHSQNEXFWSOD7/ Broken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-39 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-2294 US Government Resource
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