CVE-2022-4135

Exp

Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.121 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Published: 2022-11-25 Last update: 2025-10-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-4135 is rated Critical Active Threat (85/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-11-28) affecting Google / Chromium GPU. a weakness (CWE-787) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2022-4135

Name: Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-11-28

Action due: 2022-12-19

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-4135

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-4135

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 2026-03-04 0.15% 0.14% -0.01%
2 2026-03-01 0.14% 0.15% +0.01%
3 2026-02-04 0.14%

Full EPSS history (65 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-4135

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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 6.0 [email protected]
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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 6.0 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-4135

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-4135

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-4135

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-4135 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4135
gentoo high CVE-2022-4135: 1 GLSA(s) (202305-10), 4 atom(s) (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-2022-4135
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-4135 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4135

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-4135

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 107.0.5304.121 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft edge < 107.0.1418.62 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft edge_chromium < 107.0.5304.150 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-4135

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