CVE-2022-0609 KEV High · 8.8 EPSS 22.4%
Google Chromium Animation Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Google · Chromium Animation
Summary
The Animation component of Google Chrome, part of the Chromium codebase, contains a use-after-free flaw. An attacker who can get a victim to load a crafted HTML page could potentially corrupt heap memory, and exploitation requires no authentication but does require the victim to visit the page.
Official description · NVD
Use after free in Animation in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.102 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
73.7 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 54 days before it was disclosed.
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence54 days before
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees49 days before
- Disclosedday 0
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2Initial AccessTA0001
Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited
Malicious web page delivered to victim browser
via a crafted HTML page
ExecutionTA0002
Exploitation for Client Execution T1203 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · primary impact
Heap corruption yields code execution in renderer
Use after free in Animation in Google Chrome
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 38 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Drive-by CompromiseT11893 general rules
Exploitation for Client ExecutionT120335 general rules
- Antivirus - Exploitation Framework Signaturecriticalstable
- Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882criticalstable
- Audit CVE Eventcriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploitscriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploits by Sourgumcriticaltest
- Exploit for CVE-2017-8759criticaltest
- Antivirus - APT Malware Signaturecriticalexperimental
- Antivirus - Remote Access Tools Signaturecriticalexperimental
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Am I affected? What do I upgrade to?
From GitHub Security Advisories and OSV9 packages in 1 ecosystem. No single main package: each of these ships the affected code.
- NuGetCefSharp.CommonAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.OffScreenAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.WinFormsAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.WpfAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.Wpf.HwndHostAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.Common.NETCoreAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.OffScreen.NETCoreAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.WinForms.NETCoreAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
- NuGetCefSharp.Wpf.NETCoreAffected: All versions before 98.1.210Upgrade to 98.1.210 or later
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 22, 202621 Oct 2026
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