Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted HTML page
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ExploitPage triggers memory corruption in SignIn
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ExecutionOut-of-bounds read within sandbox
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ImpactLeak sensitive in-sandbox memory
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to use Google Chrome on iOS at a version prior to 156.0.8078.47 and to actively navigate to an attacker-controlled web page containing crafted HTML (UI:R) that exercises the browser's SignIn code path. No authentication or special configuration is required (PR:N), but three factors limit real-world impact: (1) mandatory user interaction to visit the malicious page, (2) the information disclosure is confined to memory inside the browser sandbox (S:U), meaning no sandbox escape or code execution is achieved on its own, and (3) only the iOS Chrome build is affected, not desktop or Android. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but moderate-priority issue, not a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation but requires user interaction (visiting a crafted page) and yields only information disclosure (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact - consistent with Chromium's own 'Medium' rating. The exploitation signals reinforce low urgency: EPSS is 0.23% (13th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit or POC is referenced. No SSVC decision was supplied in the input. The signals are internally consistent - low EPSS, no KEV, no POC, and a Medium vendor rating all point the same direction - so this is best treated as a routine patch-cycle item rather than an exploited-in-the-wild priority. One caveat: the impact is scoped to a sandbox memory read (C:H but 'inside the sandbox'), meaning real-world value to an attacker likely depends on chaining with a sandbox-escape primitive, which further lowers standalone risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker hosts a malicious web page and lures a Chrome-on-iOS user into visiting it; the crafted HTML triggers memory corruption in the SignIn component, allowing the attacker to read out-of-bounds memory from within the browser sandbox. No authentication is required, but the victim must actively navigate to the attacker-controlled page. No public POC or exploit code is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Memory disclosure inside the browser sandbox in Google Chrome for iOS versions prior to 156.0.8078.47 allows a remote attacker to read memory via a crafted HTML page that exercises the SignIn code path. Attackers must convince a victim to navigate to an attacker-controlled page (UI:R), but no authentication or special configuration is needed; the impact is limited to confidentiality of memory within the renderer sandbox, with no sandbox escape or code execution. Exploitation risk is currently low - EPSS is 0.23% (13th percentile), no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not in CISA KEV; a vendor patch (156.0.8078.47) is available.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome for iOS to 156.0.8078.47 or later through the App Store, referencing the stable-channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html. Because the flaw is reached only through a crafted HTML page processed by the SignIn path, there is no server-side toggle that fully removes exposure; the practical compensating controls are administrative. For managed fleets, enforce a minimum app version through MDM (App Store app configuration or managed-app update policy) and block or flag devices still running builds below 156.0.8078.47 - the trade-off is that users who delay updating lose access to Chrome on iOS until they comply. Organizations that cannot enforce immediate updates can temporarily direct iOS users to Safari or another maintained browser for untrusted web content, at the cost of losing Chrome sync and enterprise policy integration for those users. Reducing exposure to untrusted links and phishing-borne redirects lowers the chance a user reaches a malicious page, but should be treated as defense in depth rather than a substitute for patching, since no configuration flag disables the SignIn component without breaking sign-in functionality.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-119 (improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer), classified by the Chromium project as a medium-severity memory corruption bug in the SignIn component of Chrome on iOS. A crafted HTML page drives the SignIn code path into an out-of-bounds condition that results in memory being read beyond the intended buffer, leaking sandbox-internal memory back to the attacking page. Because the attacker stays inside the renderer sandbox, the defect yields information disclosure (C:H, I:N, A:N) rather than code execution or privilege escalation (S:U), and the CVSS vector reflects mandatory user interaction with the malicious page. The affected build is specific to the iOS port of Chrome - desktop and Android builds are not described as affected - and the release is fixed in Google's stable channel at 156.0.8078.47, with the technical record tracked in Chromium issue 518088604.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Remote crafted page needs no auth (PR:N) but requires the user to visit it (UI:R); impact is a sandbox-contained memory read, so C:H with I:N/A:N and scope unchanged.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Memory corruption in SignIn in Google Chrome on on iOS prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially read memory inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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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.
EUVD-2026-105583
GHSA-4pwj-755j-wggx
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