Heap Buffer Overflow in Google Chrome WebRTC
CVE-2022-2294 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to version 103.0.5060.114. The provided content states that the flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted HTML page, leading to heap corruption in the browser’s WebRTC component. The vulnerability was reported as exploited in the wild, including reporting cited in the content that Chrome WebRTC exploitation was used in 2022 to target users in the Middle East.
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Impact
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Mitigation
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Remediation
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Exploits
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Affected products & vendors
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Recent activity
3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A WebRTC vulnerability that CISA KEV’s knownRansomwareCampaignUse field silently flipped to Known during 2025 (evidence of ransomware campaign use).
A high-severity heap buffer overflow in Chrome’s WebRTC component exploited to run shellcode in the renderer in targeted attacks; likely paired with an additional sandbox escape (not recovered).
The version that knows your environment.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.