What is CVE-2022-0461?

CVE-2022-0461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-0461?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0461 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2022-0461

Policy bypass in COOP in Google Chrome prior to 98.0.4758.80 allowed a remote attacker to bypass iframe sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2022-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1256823 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0461?: CVE-2022-0461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-0461?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0461 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.