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 integer overflow in Editing
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ExecutionMemory corruption in renderer
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code inside sandbox
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Integer overflow checks
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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 a victim using Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 to navigate to an attacker-controlled or attacker-injected HTML page crafted to trigger the integer overflow in the Editing component; per CVSS PR:N no authentication is needed and it works against default configurations, but UI:R means the victim must actively load the malicious page - there is no server-side or zero-click path described. The key limiting factor is that, per the vendor, resulting code execution is confined to the Chromium sandbox, so full host compromise would require chaining an additional sandbox-escape vulnerability. The specific overflow trigger beyond 'a crafted HTML page' is not described in the available sources. |
| Impact | Signals point to a genuinely serious browser flaw but not a top-of-queue emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.8) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated bug requiring one user action (visiting a page), with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability. SSVC tempers this: Exploitation is 'none' (no observed or public exploitation), Automatable is 'no' (user interaction breaks mass automation), while Technical Impact is 'total'. EPSS agrees it is not currently a widespread-exploitation concern - 0.20% (10th percentile) is low. There is no CISA KEV listing and no confirmed public PoC, so this is a high-severity, high-impact issue whose real-world exploitation likelihood is presently low, consistent with the vuln.today 'this_week' priority rather than 'act_now'/'emergency'. One important nuance from the description that the CVSS score does not capture: code execution is stated to occur INSIDE the Chromium sandbox, so by itself this does not yield host compromise without a separate sandbox-escape chain - the 8.8 reflects in-sandbox impact, and defenders should weigh that containment when prioritizing. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing crafted HTML that triggers the integer overflow in Chrome's Editing component when rendered; a victim is lured into visiting it. Successful triggering allows the attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code within the browser's renderer sandbox. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and user interaction (navigating to the page) is required. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Integer overflow in Google Chrome's Editing component (CWE-190) lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker who convinces a victim to load a crafted HTML page potentially execute arbitrary code, though the vendor states the resulting execution is confined to the Chromium sandbox. All Chrome builds prior to 156.0.8078.79 are affected; the flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and a Chromium security severity of High. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low at 0.20% (10th percentile), while SSVC rates technical impact as total but exploitation as none and automatable as no, placing it in a 'this_week' remediation queue rather than an emergency.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 156.0.8078.79, published in the stable channel update described at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_02107719452.html; upgrading to that build or later is the complete fix, and the associated engineering record is at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/576984708. The supplied sources describe no configuration workaround or feature toggle, and the vendor positions the update itself as the remedy; the practical constraint in the interim is that exploitation requires the victim to load a crafted HTML page, and the vendor notes that any resulting execution stays inside the Chromium sandbox, meaning a successful host compromise would additionally require a separate sandbox escape. Prioritisation can therefore follow normal browser patch cadence (vuln.today decision: this_week), since EPSS is 0.20% and SSVC records no known exploitation, while remembering that technical impact is rated total if the flaw is successfully triggered.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is an integer overflow (CWE-190) in the code Chrome labels its 'Editing' component, i.e. the editing-related logic in Chromium's rendering stack that handles rich-text and content-editable structures; incorrect size or offset arithmetic of that class can lead to out-of-bounds memory access and, in a browser process exposed to web content, potentially to code execution. The specific arithmetic path and the exact structure that triggers the overflow are not described in the available sources, which state only that a crafted HTML page is the delivery vehicle. Because the affected code executes inside the renderer sandbox, the vendor's description limits impact to code execution inside the sandbox, so full host compromise would require chaining a separate sandbox-escape vulnerability. The CVSS vector indicates the attack is network-delivered and requires no privileges (PR:N) but does require user interaction (UI:R), consistent with a victim navigating to attacker-controlled or attacker-injected content rather than a zero-click or server-side path. CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product family, with EUVD recording the fixed threshold as Chrome 156.0.8078.79.
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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 auth (AV:N/PR:N) but victim must visit it (UI:R); scope unchanged as impact is confined to the sandboxed renderer, with high C/I/A there.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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3DescriptionCVE.org
Integer overflow in Editing in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions prior to 156.0.8078.79 contain a high-severity integer overflow flaw in the Editing component that could allow a remote attacker to execute code within the browser's sandbox if a user is lured to a malicious web page. The issue affects any employee using an unpatched Chrome build, but mitigating factors-sandbox confinement, user interaction requirement, and no observed exploitation-keep current risk moderate rather than urgent.
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Integer overflow occurs when an arithmetic operation produces a result that exceeds the maximum value a given integer type can store.
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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