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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ExploitTrigger heap buffer overflow in Skia
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ExecutionEscape renderer sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on host
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK
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 running Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.38 to load an attacker-controlled HTML page that triggers the heap buffer overflow in the Skia 2D graphics library (CVSS UI:R, PR:N) - this is the concrete prerequisite: delivery of crafted web content and the victim's act of visiting it. It works against default Chrome configurations with no authentication and no special feature toggle named in the sources. The primary limiting factor is the required user interaction (the victim must navigate to the malicious page, e.g. via phishing, malvertising, or a compromised site); a successful attack must also achieve the sandbox escape to reach code execution on the host, and auto-update to 157.0.8103.38 or later fully removes exposure. |
| Impact | This is a genuine high priority, not an inflated CVSS score. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 9.6) describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated memory-corruption flaw whose scope change (S:C) reflects escape from the Chrome renderer sandbox to the host - the description's 'execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox' directly corroborates this scope change rather than contradicting it. The single mitigating metric is UI:R: the victim must load attacker-controlled content, so this is not wormable self-propagation. The vuln.today Decision label is act_now and patch availability is confirmed, which should drive remediation urgency. The signals are partly in tension: CISA's SSVC framework records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no (total Technical Impact), and there is no CISA KEV entry, no EPSS score in the input, and no PoC reference - so there is no evidence of active or automatable exploitation today. The combination to weight is severity-plus-reach plus near-universal deployment versus the absence of any exploitation signal and the user-interaction requirement. EPSS is missing and cannot be used as a tie-breaker here - that gap should be noted rather than filled with assumption. Net: patch urgently because of ubiquitous footprint, total technical impact, and sandbox-escape RCE, while recognizing exploitation is not yet observed. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or injects a malicious web page containing content crafted to corrupt heap memory in Chrome's Skia graphics library; when a victim navigates to it, the overflow is triggered and arbitrary code executes outside the renderer sandbox on the victim's host. No public exploit code or PoC was identified in the provided sources, and the specific heap-grooming or trigger mechanism is not described in the available sources. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Remote code execution outside the sandbox in Google Chrome before 157.0.8103.38 stems from a heap buffer overflow in the Skia graphics library and is triggered when a victim loads a crafted HTML page. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit it only if the victim loads attacker-controlled HTML, and the 9.6 CVSS score reflects high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with scope change; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Google has released Chrome 157.0.8103.38 as the vendor fix, and the vulnerability is prioritized as act_now.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome to 157.0.8103.38 or later; this is the vendor-released patch and the assessment states that auto-update to this version or later fully removes exposure. Google's stable-channel advisory is at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html and the Chromium issue is at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/569674218. The supplied sources do not list a standalone workaround, so updating is the complete fix identified at time of analysis.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) in Skia, Chrome's 2D graphics rendering library, exposed through the processing of attacker-controlled web content. The supplied CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates network reachability, no required privileges, mandatory user interaction, and a scope change, consistent with a browser-rendering flaw that can affect resources beyond the vulnerable component. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies Chrome builds before the fixed release. The sources do not describe the exact malformed Skia input or the memory-corruption mechanics beyond the crafted HTML trigger, and the described code execution outside the sandbox implies a sandbox-escape stage in addition to the Skia overflow that is not detailed in the available references.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted HTML needs no auth (PR:N) but requires the victim to load the page (UI:R); escape from the renderer sandbox to the host is a scope change (S:C) yielding full code execution (C/I/A:H).
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 157.0.8103.38 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions prior to 157.0.8103.38 contain a critical heap buffer overflow in the Skia graphics library that allows remote code execution outside the browser sandbox when a user visits a malicious webpage. This puts all employees who use Chrome for web browsing at risk of full system compromise, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or ransomware. Leadership should prioritize immediate patching to prevent a widespread security incident.
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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.
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.
EUVD-2026-116395
GHSA-xgx7-8w5g-v3rg
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