CVE-2022-3308 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2022-3308?

CVE-2022-3308 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 1 Nov 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

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 106.0.5249.62 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Weakness: CWE-602

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3308?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3308?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-3308 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3308 exists.

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
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3308, GHSA-qm27-xfxw-qqmp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3308.