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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-105632

| CVE-2026-113178 MEDIUM
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-10-20 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-r458-q376-w8cm
6.5
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. Exploit
    Page triggers memory corruption in Views
  3. Execution
    Out-of-bounds read in renderer
  4. Impact
    Leak sandbox-internal memory to attacker

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 be running Google Chrome on macOS at a version prior to 156.0.8078.47 and to actively load an attacker-controlled HTML page (UI:R) - there is no drive-by-without-interaction path and no authentication is needed (PR:N). The limiting factors are significant: user interaction (visiting/rendering the malicious page) is mandatory, the impact is confined to a read of memory inside the renderer sandbox (no sandbox escape, no write/code-execution), and the flaw is platform-specific to the Mac build. These constraints, combined with low EPSS and no known exploit, keep realistic risk well below the network/unauthenticated CVSS framing.

Impact

This is a genuine but moderate-priority vulnerability, and multiple independent signals agree on that assessment rather than conflict. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.5) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated bug that nonetheless requires user interaction (loading a crafted HTML page) and yields only confidentiality impact (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect. Critically, the description constrains the impact further than the raw C:H suggests: the attacker 'potentially' reads memory *inside the sandbox*, meaning the Chromium sandbox is not escaped and data exposure is limited to the renderer process, which is why Google rated it Medium rather than High/Critical. The EPSS score of 0.19% (9th percentile) is low and consistent with the absence of KEV listing and the absence of any public exploit - there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization. No SSVC decision data was provided in the input. Overall the signals are coherent: a real memory-safety info-leak worth patching in the normal cycle, not an emergency. The primary nuance for defenders is that 'potentially read memory inside the sandbox' indicates an information-disclosure read primitive, not code execution; such bugs are often more valuable chained with a separate sandbox-escape than exploited alone.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker lures a macOS Chrome user into visiting a malicious or compromised web page (e.g., via phishing, malvertising, or a watering-hole), where crafted HTML triggers the memory-corruption flaw in the Views component. The renderer reads out-of-bounds memory within the sandbox, potentially leaking sensitive in-process data such as other sites' content, tokens, or address-space information useful for defeating ASLR. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and successful exploitation requires the victim to actively load the attacker-controlled page.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Memory corruption in the Views UI component of Google Chrome on macOS prior to 156.0.8078.47 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker who persuades a victim to load a crafted HTML page to read memory inside the renderer sandbox. The impact is limited to confidentiality of renderer-process memory - there is no sandbox escape, no write primitive, and no code execution path described - and exploitation is gated by mandatory user interaction and the macOS-specific build. Google rates this Chromium severity Medium, EPSS is low at 0.19% (9th percentile), and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis; a vendor patch exists in 156.0.8078.47.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Google Chrome on macOS to version 156.0.8078.47 or later - this is the vendor-released patch, distributed through the standard Stable Channel update (verify the running build under chrome://version and force a refresh via chrome://settings/help or an enterprise update policy if auto-update is lagging). Details are in Google's Stable Channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html and the Chromium tracker at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/553163820. Until the update is applied, there is no documented configuration switch that disables the affected Views code path, so compensating controls are necessarily limiting rather than eliminating: constrain browsing to trusted, allow-listed sites and block untrusted HTML delivery at the network/proxy layer (reduces exposure to crafted pages but is operationally restrictive and breaks general web use); enforce Chrome updates through enterprise policy with a short relaunch deadline so unpatched builds are not left running (requires managed devices and will force browser restarts); and, because the flaw is read-only and confined to the renderer sandbox, rely on Chromium's existing site isolation to keep any leaked memory process-local - this lowers the value of the disclosure but does not remove the underlying bug. Prioritize patching on macOS endpoints that handle sensitive data, given the confidentiality-only, interaction-gated impact and the absence of known exploitation.

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

Chrome's Views framework is Chromium's cross-platform native UI toolkit for desktop windows, widgets, and controls - on macOS it backs the browser chrome rather than the web-content renderer. CWE-119 (improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer) in this layer produces an out-of-bounds read that can disclose residual heap or object memory to a page that triggers the faulty path. Because the corruption is a read inside the sandboxed process, the practical ceiling of the flaw is information disclosure: an attacker could learn pointer values, heap layout, or other in-process data useful for chaining with a separate memory-write or sandbox-escape bug, but cannot by itself achieve code execution or break out of the macOS seatbelt sandbox. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N matches this: network-delivered HTML, no privileges required, but the victim must actively render attacker-controlled content, and only confidentiality is affected. The vulnerability is specific to the Mac build and does not necessarily reproduce on Windows or Linux.

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Severity by source

Vendor (google) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Remote crafted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but mandatory user interaction (UI:R); sandbox-contained memory read gives confidentiality impact only (C:H, I:N/A:N), scope unchanged.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (google).

CVSS VectorVendor: google

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 16:54 NVD
6.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 20, 2026 - 23:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 20, 2026 - 22:19 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.5
CVE Published
Oct 20, 2026 - 22:19 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

Memory corruption in Views in Google Chrome on on Mac 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)

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% 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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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· derived
High

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
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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