What is CVE-2022-0971?

CVE-2022-0971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-0971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-0971

Use after free in Blink Layout in Google Chrome on Android prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2022-07-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

crbug.com/1299422 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0971?: CVE-2022-0971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-0971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.