---
id: "CVE-2022-2856"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2022-2856"]
title: "Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a\u2026"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.5
epss: 0.04561
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: [{"name": "Google Chromium Intents", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "google chrome", "fixed": ["104.0.5112.101"], "affected": "< 104.0.5112.101", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "fedoraproject fedora", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 37", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "google chrome", "fixed": ["104.0.5112.102"], "affected": "< 104.0.5112.102", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["chromium", "desktop-users", "exploited", "google-chrome", "microsoft-edge", "opera", "other"]
not_affected_if: ["unknown"]
published_at: "2022-08-18T00:00:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2022-2856", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2856", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2856", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00"}]
---

# Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed a…

A flaw in how Chromium's Intents feature validates untrusted input lets a malicious web page trigger unintended behavior in the browser. Attackers have exploited it in the wild, per CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Google Chromium Intents affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:google chrome affected < 104.0.5112.101 fixed 104.0.5112.101
- vendor:fedoraproject fedora affected = 37 fixed ?
- vendor:google chrome affected < 104.0.5112.102 fixed 104.0.5112.102

## How to check

Check the installed browser version (for Chrome, chrome://settings/help; for Edge or Opera, their About pages) and compare it to the fixed release in the vendor advisory.

## Fix

Update Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera and other Chromium browsers to the latest version per vendor instructions.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2022-2856
- 2026-10-23T19:13:45+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-2856
- 2026-10-23T22:29:04+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2856

## From the sources

Google Chromium Intents contains an insufficient validation of untrusted input vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to browse to a malicious website via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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