CVE-2022-1096: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Type confusion vulnerability (CVE-2022-1096) was discovered in V8 engine of Google Chrome versions prior to 99.0.4844.84. The vulnerability was reported anonymously on March 23, 2022, and Google released a patch on March 25, 2022. This high-severity vulnerability affected Chrome browsers across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms (Chrome Release, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a type confusion flaw in Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, which could lead to heap corruption when exploited. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Type confusion errors occur when a resource is accessed using a type incompatible with its initialization, potentially leading to out-of-bounds memory access in languages like C and C++ (NVD, Hacker News).

The vulnerability could potentially lead to remote code execution through heap corruption when exploited via a crafted HTML page. The high CVSS score indicates potential severe impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability if successfully exploited (NVD).

Google released version 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address this vulnerability. Users of Chrome and Chromium-based browsers were strongly recommended to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Chrome Release).