🛡️ CVE-2022-0114 — chrome

🟠 CVSS 8.1 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-125 NVD
8.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Out of bounds memory access in Blink Serial API in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.71 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page and virtual serial port driver.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0114 is classified as CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. The code reads past the limits of a buffer, exposing adjacent memory contents or crashing the process.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0114 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • chrome (fixed in 97.0.4692.71)
  • fedora

Timeline and source

Published on 12 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com
crbug.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
chromereleases.googleblog.com
crbug.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org

CVE-2022-0114 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-125
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-12
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
chrome — 97.0.4692.71
fedora — —

References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory https://crbug.com/1267627
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory https://crbug.com/1267627

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