# CVE-2022-2856: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker to arbit

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-08-18, remediation due 2022-09-08
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fixed in: 104.0.5112.101
- Published: 2022-09-26 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Google Chrome on Android is affected. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted web page to force the browser to open a malicious website.

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

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from unspecified, fixed in 104.0.5112.101

## Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (104.0.5112.101) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### What should I do about it?

Update Google Chrome on Android to version 104.0.5112.101 or later; the advisory's fix version is chromium 105.0.5195.125. No workaround is listed in the checked facts.

Source: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3TGD7ZMIQ6Z4ZZ3SAVYE/

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-18, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2022-2856

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
- https://crbug.com/1345630
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3TGD7ZMIQ6Z4ZZ3SAVYE/

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