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Use after free in Media in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on Windows prior to version 149.0.7827.53 allows a remote attacker to escape memory safety boundaries within the renderer sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The flaw stems from a use-after-free condition in the Media component and requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page); no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. With a CVSS of 8.8 and confirmed Chromium classification, this is a typical browser memory-corruption bug that historically attracts exploit chains.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability lives in Chrome's Media subsystem, the Blink/Chromium component responsible for handling audio/video pipelines, decoding, and HTMLMediaElement lifecycle. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates that an object is freed while a dangling pointer remains accessible - when that pointer is later dereferenced, attacker-controlled heap data can be substituted, enabling arbitrary code execution within the renderer process. Affected CPE scope per ENISA EUVD is Chrome builds prior to 149.0.7827.53 on Windows; the bug is constrained to the renderer sandbox per the description, meaning exploitation alone does not yield host-level code execution without an additional sandbox escape.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53 for Windows - upgrade to this version or later by triggering Chrome's auto-update (chrome://settings/help) or pushing via enterprise management (GPO/Intune). The fix advisory is at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html and the upstream tracker at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/499018355. If immediate patching is blocked, compensating controls include enforcing Chrome's site isolation (already default), disabling autoplay media via the AutoplayAllowed enterprise policy to reduce Media-component attack surface (side effect: breaks legitimate video sites), and restricting browsing to allow-listed domains via URLAllowlist (side effect: significant productivity friction). Administrators managing Chromium-derived browsers should monitor those vendors for the corresponding merged fix.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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Severity: Important| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-34508
GHSA-7cc9-46gp-2rh2