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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-105748

| CVE-2026-113169 CRITICAL
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2026-10-20 chrome-cve-admin@google.com GHSA-6vm9-w4vx-fq9m
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. Exploit
    Trigger memory corruption in WebAppInstalls
  3. Execution
    Escape Chrome renderer sandbox
  4. Impact
    Execute arbitrary code on Android 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

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires a victim running Google Chrome on Android at a version prior to 156.0.8078.47 to open an attacker-crafted HTML page, which triggers memory corruption in the WebAppInstalls component. No authentication is required (PR:N), but exploitation is gated by mandatory user interaction (UI:R) - the user must navigate to or render the malicious content. Exploitation is further limited to the Android platform and to unpatched versions, and achieving the claimed out-of-sandbox code execution is non-trivial, consistent with Google's own 'Low' Chromium severity rating despite the high mechanical CVSS.

Impact

Signals conflict sharply and must be reconciled before prioritization. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H = 9.6 Critical) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated memory-corruption flaw with a scope change consistent with the description's 'execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox' (a renderer-to-host sandbox escape). However, Google's own Chromium security severity rating is explicitly 'Low', which is a direct and significant contradiction - Chromium's internal rating accounts for exploitability nuances (e.g., difficulty of actually achieving a reliable sandbox escape from this primitive) that the mechanical CVSS score does not capture. This gap strongly suggests the 9.6 overstates real-world risk and the practical priority is closer to the vendor's 'Low'. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no evidence of exploitation probability or availability of weaponized code. Exploitation also requires user interaction (UI:R) - the victim must open attacker-controlled content. Net: treat as a patch-on-normal-cadence browser update rather than an emergency; the Critical CVSS is not corroborated by vendor severity, exploitation data, or POC availability. VERIFY the severity discrepancy with Google before escalating.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page and lures an Android Chrome user to visit it (e.g., via phishing link or malicious ad). The page triggers memory corruption in Chrome's WebAppInstalls component, and if successfully exploited, arbitrary code executes outside the browser sandbox on the device. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and user interaction is required for the attack to succeed.

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 WebAppInstalls component of Google Chrome for Android before 156.0.8078.47 can be triggered when a user opens an attacker-crafted HTML page, potentially allowing remote code execution outside the browser sandbox. No authentication is required, but exploitation depends on user interaction, is limited to Android builds below the fixed version, and our assessment applies AC:H despite the mechanical 9.6 CVSS score. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and Google rates the Chromium issue Low, so the conflicting severity signals should be reconciled before treating this as a high-urgency RCE campaign.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome for Android to 156.0.8078.47 or later, distributed through Google Play; verify the installed version in Chrome settings or via EMM/Play inventory. Organizations should enforce a minimum Chrome version through Android Enterprise/EMM policies and use conditional access to block sensitive web apps from Android devices reporting versions below 156.0.8078.47; the trade-off is user disruption and potential blocking of legitimate older devices. No supported feature toggle specifically disabling WebAppInstalls is documented in the supplied references, so version enforcement and restricting untrusted browsing on unpatched Android devices are the practical compensating controls. See the Chrome release advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02018666648.html.

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

The flaw is a CWE-119 memory-buffer bounds error in WebAppInstalls, the Chrome for Android subsystem that handles web app and PWA installation flows. A crafted HTML page rendered by an affected Chrome for Android build can corrupt memory in the relevant process; the described impact is arbitrary code execution outside the sandbox, which would require chaining the initial corruption with a sandbox escape and is therefore non-trivial in practice. The assessed vector is AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H: network-delivered content, no privileges, mandatory user rendering, and changed scope, with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact if the chain succeeds. Chromium's own severity is Low and the EUVD entry identifies builds before 156.0.8078.47; no CPE strings were supplied, and the public Chromium issue (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562955271) is the technical tracker.

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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 8.3 HIGH

Network-reachable via a crafted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but needing victim navigation (UI:R); reliable memory-corruption sandbox escape is hard, so AC:H, and the escape crosses the sandbox boundary (S:C).

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/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 WebAppInstalls in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A critical-rated memory-corruption flaw in Google Chrome for Android (fixed in 156.0.8078.47) could, under narrow conditions, let a malicious web page execute code beyond the browser sandbox on affected mobile devices. Any employee, contractor, or BYOD user browsing the web on an unpatched Android handset is in scope, making this a fleet-hygiene issue rather than a targeted intrusion threat, since exploitation requires a user to visit attacker-controlled content and no public exploit has been observed. Leadership should care because Chrome for Android is widely deployed and often updated outside standard endpoint management, so unpatched devices can persist unnoticed even after desktop and managed endpoints are remediated.

Business Impact: Medium
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 on Android
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
Medium

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.

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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