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Use after free in Canvas in Google Chrome 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 versions prior to 149.0.7827.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox through a use-after-free flaw in the Canvas component. Exploitation requires a victim to visit a crafted HTML page, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Google rates this as Medium severity internally despite the CVSS 8.8 score, reflecting the sandbox containment limit.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in Chrome's Canvas implementation, the HTML5 2D graphics rendering subsystem within Blink. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates the bug stems from memory being referenced after it has been freed, a classic memory corruption pattern in C++ codebases that typically arises from incorrect object lifetime management between JavaScript-exposed Canvas APIs and underlying graphics buffers. Successful exploitation manipulates the freed memory region to gain control of execution flow within the renderer process, which runs inside Chrome's site-isolation sandbox. The Chromium security team rated this Medium internally, suggesting the bug is contained to the renderer and requires a sandbox escape to achieve full system compromise.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading to Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53 or later via the standard update channel (chrome://settings/help triggers the update check, then restart the browser to complete installation). Enterprise administrators managing Chrome via group policy or MDM should accelerate deployment of the 149.0.7827.53 release referenced in the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Users of Chromium-based browsers should watch for their respective vendor updates incorporating this fix. As a compensating control until patching completes, restricting Canvas/JavaScript via enterprise policies such as DefaultJavaScriptSetting=2 on untrusted origins, or routing browsing through a remote browser isolation service, will block the attack vector at the cost of breaking most modern web applications.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
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-2026-34597
GHSA-rg37-6qfj-mcgw