What is CVE-2022-0972?

CVE-2022-0972 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-2022-0972?

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

Is CVE-2022-0972 known to be exploited?

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

Use After Free in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-0972

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.74 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension 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: 0.008 (55.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1301320 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0972?: CVE-2022-0972 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-2022-0972?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0972 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.