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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DeliveryDeliver malicious audio content
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ExploitTrigger memory corruption in audio component
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ExecutionExecute arbitrary code within renderer sandbox
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ImpactSandboxed foothold (requires separate escape for host impact)
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 a victim using Chrome desktop prior to 156.0.8078.47 to actively visit an attacker-controlled web page serving crafted audio content that is processed by Chrome's Audio component (UI:R - the attack cannot succeed without this user navigation). No authentication is required (PR:N) and no non-default configuration is needed. The principal limiting factor is that successful code execution is confined to Chrome's renderer sandbox (S:U, 'inside the sandbox'); converting this into host compromise requires chaining with a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability, which this CVE does not supply. User interaction and automatic browser updates further constrain realistic exploitation. |
| Impact | The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 8.8) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring no privileges but requiring user interaction (visiting a crafted HTML page). A critical mitigating signal, however, is in the description itself: the memory corruption allows code execution ONLY 'inside the sandbox' with scope unchanged (S:U) - meaning a successful exploit is contained within Chrome's renderer sandbox and does not by itself yield host compromise, so the high C/I/A impacts apply to the sandboxed process rather than the underlying OS. This is corroborated by Google/Chromium's own rating of 'Medium' severity, which contrasts notably with the 8.8 High numeric score; the gap reflects the sandbox containment that CVSS base metrics do not credit. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were supplied, so there is no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. Net assessment: this is a real but moderate-priority browser bug - patch in normal cadence. It would become high priority only if chained with a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability, which this CVE alone does not provide. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted audio content and lures a victim running a vulnerable Chrome build (prior to 156.0.8078.47) to visit it. When the browser's audio component processes the malicious data, the memory corruption is triggered and the attacker achieves arbitrary code execution confined to the renderer sandbox. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires the user to navigate to the attacker-controlled page (UI:R). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026
Memory corruption in Google Chrome's Audio component before version 156.0.8078.47 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. The flaw is network-reachable, low complexity, and requires no privileges (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, 8.8), but exploitation depends on user interaction - the target must navigate to attacker-controlled content that triggers the audio processing path - and resulting code execution is confined to the sandboxed renderer, so host compromise would require chaining a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and Google has released a vendor patch in Chrome 156.0.8078.47.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to version 156.0.8078.47 or later from the Chrome stable channel, as documented in the advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html. Because Chrome auto-updates, verify the installed version on managed endpoints and force the update through enterprise policy (for example, relaunch/update enforcement) where automatic updates are deferred; confirm the browser reports 156.0.8078.47 or higher. No practical configuration workaround isolates the Audio component without breaking normal browsing, and disabling audio playback does not reliably eliminate the parser attack surface; the renderer sandbox limits the impact of successful exploitation to the sandboxed process but should not be treated as a substitute for patching. Until updates are confirmed, restrict user navigation to trusted sites and monitor for follow-on exploitation attempts that would indicate a sandbox-escape chain, since this CVE alone does not provide host-level compromise.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is a CWE-119 improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer affecting the Audio component of Google Chrome/Chromium. Audio handling in Chromium parses and processes media data supplied by web content inside the renderer process; a crafted HTML page can deliver malformed audio data that corrupts memory and, under the assessed vector, yields arbitrary code execution within that sandboxed renderer. The sandbox boundary (S:U in the CVSS vector, described by Google as code execution 'inside the sandbox') is the key mitigating technical factor: the primitive does not by itself provide access to the host OS, files, or other processes. The issue was reported through Google's Chrome CVE process and tracked as Chromium issue 561787556; EUVD lists affected Chrome versions as those below 156.0.8078.47. No CPE strings were supplied in the input, so exact platform coverage beyond the Chrome desktop stable channel referenced in the advisory cannot be enumerated from the available data.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted page with no privileges (AV:N/PR:N) but requiring the victim to visit it (UI:R); scope unchanged as code stays in the sandbox (S:U), with full impact to that process.
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Memory corruption in Audio in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome's Audio component contains a high-severity memory corruption flaw that could let attacker-controlled web content execute code inside the browser's renderer sandbox on affected endpoints. Exploitation requires a user to visit crafted HTML and remains confined to the sandbox unless chained with a separate escape, so the immediate business risk is targeted browser compromise rather than direct host takeover, but unpatched Chrome users remain exposed.
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Threat Intelligence Overview
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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.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-105654
GHSA-pwqh-3cjc-6662
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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