CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow

What is CVE-2022-4135?

CVE-2022-4135 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 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

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)

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4135?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including electron. It affects 3 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge Chromium.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4135?

Upgrade electron to 19.1.8 or later. US federal agencies must fix it by 19 Dec 2022.

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

Is CVE-2022-4135 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2022-4135 in the wild since at least 28 Nov 2022.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• 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
• CVE-2026-11645 Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4135, DSA-5289-1, GHSA-995f-9x5r-2rcj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4135, openSUSE-SU-2022:10221-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:12538-1.