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Google Chrome CVE-2026-113171

| EUVDEUVD-2026-105574 CRITICAL
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-10-20 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-r4jh-3332-3p4v
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: google
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to crafted HTML page
  2. Delivery
    Deliver malicious markup to Prompts component
  3. Exploit
    Trigger memory corruption (CWE-119)
  4. Execution
    Escape renderer sandbox
  5. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code on device

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, buffer size validation
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled HTML in Google Chrome for Android on a version prior to 156.0.8078.47; the flaw resides in the 'Prompts' component and the crafted page must trigger the memory-corruption condition. The primary limiting factor is required user interaction (UI:R) - the target must actively browse to or render the malicious page; it is not wormable or zero-click per the CVSS vector. Beyond an unpatched Chrome/Android instance, no special configuration, authentication, or privileged access is needed (PR:N), and default configurations are affected.

Impact

This is a genuine high-priority issue despite the vendor's own 'Medium' Chromium severity label - a notable internal conflict in the data. The authoritative CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) yields 9.6 (Critical) primarily because the flaw is a memory-corruption bug that executes code OUTSIDE the browser sandbox (Scope:Changed), turning a renderer-level issue into full host compromise. The attack is network-reachable, low-complexity, and needs no privileges - only that the victim loads a crafted HTML page (UI:R). The gap between the vendor 'Medium' severity and the 9.6 score likely reflects Chrome's internal severity scoring (which weights exploitability/mitigation nuances) versus NVD-style worst-case scope scoring; defenders should treat the 9.6/sandbox-escape framing as the operative risk. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is currently no evidence of active or imminent exploitation - the risk is latent (high theoretical impact) rather than demonstrated. The decisive mitigating factor is required user interaction and the fact that a patched Chrome build (156.0.8078.47) already exists.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a malicious web page (or injects malicious content into a compromised/ad-served page) and lures an Android Chrome user to visit it. The crafted HTML triggers memory corruption in Chrome's prompt handling, and because the corruption leads to code execution outside the sandbox, the attacker can run arbitrary code on the device. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires the victim to actively load the page.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Memory corruption in the Prompts component of Google Chrome for Android before 156.0.8078.47 can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox when a victim loads a crafted HTML page. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.6 because of the scope change and high confidentiality/integrity/availability impact, even though Google assigns a Medium Chromium severity; exploitation requires user interaction, and no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is identified in the provided data. Google has released 156.0.8078.47 as the vendor-fixed version.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Google Chrome for Android to 156.0.8078.47 or later through the Google Play Store; the vendor advisory is https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html. Patch status is vendor-released patch: 156.0.8078.47. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by restricting Chrome for Android to trusted sites and blocking untrusted HTML content at the network or secure web gateway layer, or by temporarily disabling Chrome on high-risk managed devices; these compensating controls carry usability and coverage trade-offs and do not fully eliminate the memory-corruption risk. No vendor-documented workaround beyond upgrading was provided.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 156.0.8078.47 <156.0.8078.47

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 156.0.8078.47

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Google identifies the affected component as "Prompts" in Chrome for Android, and the flaw is classified as CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), a memory-corruption class that includes out-of-bounds reads/writes capable of corrupting control flow. Chrome normally renders web content inside a sandboxed renderer; the CVE description states that crafted HTML can potentially lead to code execution outside that sandbox, which is consistent with the CVSS vector's scope change (S:C). The affected platform is Google Chrome for Android prior to 156.0.8078.47, and exploitation requires the victim to browse to or render attacker-controlled HTML (UI:R) with no privileges required (PR:N). The vendor's Medium Chromium severity label conflicts with the 9.6 CVSS score, a notable discrepancy in the source data; no CPE identifiers were supplied in the intelligence.

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Severity by source

Vendor (google) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 9.6 CRITICAL

Remote crafted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but victim must visit it (UI:R); sandbox escape changes scope (S:C) enabling full-host code execution, so C/I/A all High.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 01:23 NVD
9.6 (CRITICAL)
Patch available
Oct 20, 2026 - 23:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 20, 2026 - 22:19 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Memory corruption in Prompts in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Google Chrome for Android versions prior to 156.0.8078.47 contain a memory corruption vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox when a user loads a crafted webpage, potentially leading to device compromise and data loss. This affects organizations with employees using Android devices for work, and leadership should prioritize patching because the vulnerability is rated critical, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis and user interaction is required. The vendor has released a fixed version, so timely updates can mitigate the risk.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is among the most widely deployed browsers worldwide
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

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