CVE-2022-0799

HIGH 8.8CVE-2022-0799 · Published 05/04/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2022-0799 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 63.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 99.0.4844.51 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 99.0.4844.51`	`99.0.4844.51`

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 99.0.4844.51 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted offline installer file.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1279188 · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

chrome

google

< 99.0.4844.51

99.0.4844.51

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