Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted web page
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DeliveryServe malicious HTML to Chrome for Android
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ExploitTrigger heap buffer overflow in ANGLE
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ExecutionExecute arbitrary code outside the sandbox
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ImpactFull compromise of browser context
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
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1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution 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 Android at a version prior to 155.0.8059.79 and to load attacker-controlled web content (a crafted HTML page) that exercises the vulnerable ANGLE graphics code path - this is the mandatory user-interaction condition (UI:R). No authentication or special privileges are needed (PR:N), and default configurations are affected since ANGLE is Chrome's standard graphics backend. The primary limiting factors are the required user interaction (victim must visit/render the malicious page), the Android-specific scope, and the need for a working exploit to achieve the stated sandbox escape, which is non-trivial to develop. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely high-priority vulnerability, not a high-CVSS-but-low-risk paper finding. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated heap buffer overflow (CWE-122) in ANGLE, Chrome's graphics abstraction layer, that escapes the renderer sandbox (S:C, 'execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox') with total CIA impact. The only gating factor is user interaction (UI:R): the victim must load a crafted HTML page. CISA's SSVC framework corroborates the severity on impact (Technical Impact: total) but tempers the urgency: Exploitation is rated 'none' (no observed active exploitation) and Automatable is 'no' (UI:R prevents worm-like mass automation). The vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV and no POC is referenced, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The signals are therefore consistent rather than conflicting: maximal technical impact and trivial attack complexity, but real-world exploitation currently requires luring a user and crafting a working exploit, so it is a patch-now item driven by potential impact and Chrome's ubiquity rather than by confirmed in-the-wild abuse. Note the title says 'on on Android' (a typo) and scopes the flaw to Chrome for Android specifically, while CVSS AV:N is appropriate since delivery is via web content. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted content that triggers the heap buffer overflow in ANGLE when rendered by Chrome for Android. A victim visiting the page (UI:R) causes the overflow, allowing the attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code that breaks out of the renderer sandbox (S:C). No public POC or exploit code is referenced at time of analysis, and exploitation requires low attack complexity but non-trivial exploit development. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE, Chrome's graphics translation layer, allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox on Android. Chrome on Android builds prior to 155.0.8059.79 are affected, and the attack requires no authentication (PR:N) but does require the victim to render attacker-controlled web content (UI:R), with a CVSS base score of 9.6 and a scope change indicating sandbox-escape impact. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, no CISA KEV entry exists, and SSVC rates exploitation as 'none' with automatable 'no', although technical impact is rated total and Google classifies the issue as Critical (Chromium security severity: Critical).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: 155.0.8059.79 - update Google Chrome on Android to 155.0.8059.79 or later through the Google Play Store (or the applicable managed-app distribution channel), and confirm the installed version under Chrome's Settings > About, since Android WebView and other embedders may carry the same ANGLE component and should be updated in step. The vendor advisory is https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01668083673.html and the engineering ticket is https://issues.chromium.org/issues/567736859; there is no separate patch to apply beyond the browser update. No publicly available workaround fully neutralizes the flaw, because ANGLE sits behind ordinary web rendering; the most effective compensating control is to disable WebGL/3D acceleration for affected users via enterprise policy or flag (for example disabling 3D APIs/WebGL), which reduces exposure to the vulnerable graphics path but has the significant trade-off of breaking legitimate 3D web content, WebGL-based maps, CAD, and games, and it does not protect users on unmanaged devices. Because exploitation requires the victim to open a crafted HTML page, phishing-resistant browsing hygiene, blocking of untrusted content via secure web gateways, and timely forced-update policies for Android devices are reasonable interim risk reducers, but none substitute for reaching 155.0.8059.79.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ANGLE (Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine) is the cross-platform graphics abstraction library that Chrome uses to translate OpenGL ES/WebGL calls into the platform's native graphics APIs; on Android it is the standard graphics backend for WebGL and other GPU-accelerated rendering, so it is exercised by ordinary web content in a default configuration. The flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122): a length, index, or bounds calculation in ANGLE's handling of attacker-influenced graphics data permits writes past the end of a heap allocation, corrupting adjacent memory. Because the CVSS vector carries S:C (scope changed) with confidentiality, integrity, and availability all High, Google's rating indicates that successful exploitation can break out of the renderer/GPU sandbox and reach code execution outside it - a substantial escalation beyond the usual renderer-only compromise. The vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R describes the actual attack path: an unauthenticated remote attacker hosts a crafted HTML page, and the victim's browser drives the vulnerable ANGLE code path when the page is rendered, meaning the trigger is fully remote but depends on user interaction. Notably, the description scopes this issue to Chrome on Android, so desktop and other platforms are not identified as affected in the available data.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Web-delivered crafted HTML gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N; victim must load the page so UI:R; sandbox escape is S:C with full code execution yielding C:H/I:H/A:H.
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Buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 155.0.8059.79 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
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Executive ViewAI
A critical memory-safety flaw in Google Chrome's ANGLE graphics component affects Android devices running Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.79, and a successful attack can break out of the browser's security sandbox to run attacker-controlled code on the device. Because the trigger is ordinary web content that an employee simply has to view, any Android user in the workforce - including BYOD and field staff - could be exposed through routine browsing. While no exploitation has been observed to date, the combination of unauthenticated attack paths, user-interaction-only requirements, and sandbox-escape impact makes this a priority patching item for mobile endpoints that often sit outside standard patch cycles.
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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.
A heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
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