CVE-2022-2294 KEVRansomware High · 8.8 EPSS 70.8%
WebRTC Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
WebRTC · WebRTC
Summary
A heap buffer overflow in the WebRTC component of Google Chrome allows heap memory corruption to occur. An attacker can exploit it remotely by luring a user to a crafted HTML page, requiring no authentication but user interaction.
Official description · NVD
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 103.0.5060.114 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
74.0 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited 27 days before it was disclosed.
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence27 days before
- Disclosedday 0
- Added to CISA KEVknown ransomware use; EU database agrees+28 days
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
drive-by via crafted HTML page
allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption 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 overflow enables client-side code execution
Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC 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
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- Antivirus - APT Malware Signaturecriticalexperimental
- Antivirus - Remote Access Tools Signaturecriticalexperimental
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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.
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- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 22, 202621 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX