GHSA-x698-8p98-2886

GHSA-x698-8p98-2886 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

Use-after-free vulnerability in the MutationObserver::disconnect function in core/dom/MutationObserver.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.135, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an attempt to unregister a MutationObserver object that is not currently registered.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)

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