CVE-2022-1096 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion

What is CVE-2022-1096?

CVE-2022-1096 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.84 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1096?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1096?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 18 Apr 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-1096 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-1096 in the wild since at least 28 Mar 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-AH11010, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1096, DSA-5110-1, MGASA-2022-0118, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1096, USN-5350-1 and 1 more.