CVE-2022-3046 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumLinux Kernel+4 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 26
Latest updateDec 30

Description

Use after free in Browser Tag in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 105.0.5195.52
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 105.0.5195.52
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 105.0.5195.52-1 (bookworm)
▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.8.0 — 4.14.303+6

Also affects: Fedora 37

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
RDMA/rxe: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in rxe_qp_do_cleanup() when socket create failed↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
GHSA-7jp8-whj2-j439: Use after free in Browser Tag in Google Chrome prior to 105↗2022-09-27
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OSV
CVE-2022-3046: Use after free in Browser Tag in Google Chrome prior to 105↗2022-09-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in RDMA/rxe due to null-pointer dereference↗2025-12-30
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2022-3046 Use after free in Browser Tag↗2022-09-13
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Chrome
Long Term Support Candidate Channel for ChromeOS: CVE-2022-3046↗2022-09-09
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Debian
CVE-2022-3046: chromium - Use after free in Browser Tag in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed an...↗2022
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50885 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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