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Use after free in Codecs in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a use-after-free in the Codecs component triggered by a crafted HTML page. The flaw requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) and chains with a prior renderer compromise; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.03%, 11th percentile).
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in Chrome's Codecs subsystem, which handles media decoding (audio/video) inside the browser process boundary. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates that memory is referenced after being freed, allowing an attacker who controls heap layout to reclaim the freed allocation and influence subsequent dereferences, potentially turning a dangling pointer into arbitrary read/write or control-flow hijack. Because Codecs run with broker/privileged-process trust relative to the sandboxed renderer, a UAF reachable from renderer-controlled inputs is a classic sandbox escape primitive. Per CPE/EUVD data the affected build is the Chrome stable channel on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53 or later on Windows - update via Chrome's built-in updater or redeploy through enterprise management (Chrome Browser Cloud Management, SCCM/Intune), then confirm by checking chrome://settings/help. Reference the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. For Chromium-derived browsers, apply the corresponding vendor update once available. As a stopgap before patching, enforce Site Isolation (default on) and consider enabling the optional Strict Site Isolation and v8 sandbox flags; for high-risk users, enable Enhanced Safe Browsing and restrict media autoplay/codec exposure via enterprise policy (AutoplayAllowed=false, restricting MediaCdmEnabled), accepting the trade-off of broken video on some sites. Network-side, blocking untrusted ad networks and enforcing HTTPS-only mode reduces the renderer-RCE delivery surface that this bug chains from.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| 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-2026-34556
GHSA-9cwc-pf2g-qx32