🛡️ CVE-2022-0118 — chrome

🟡 CVSS 4.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public NVD
4.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Inappropriate implementation in WebShare in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

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 none, integrity low, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0118 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-2022-0118 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
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/1238631
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory https://crbug.com/1238631

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