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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Use after free in GFX in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the GPU/GFX sandbox via a crafted HTML page, leveraging a use-after-free condition. The flaw is rated High severity by Chromium (CVSS 8.3) and requires user interaction plus a chained renderer compromise; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.03%).
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability sits in Chrome's GFX (graphics) component on macOS, which handles rendering pipelines and GPU process interactions. The root cause is CWE-416 (Use After Free), a memory-corruption class where a pointer continues to be used after the underlying object has been freed, enabling attacker-controlled reuse of the memory region. Because GFX runs with broader privileges than the sandboxed renderer, a UAF here is a classic stepping stone for sandbox escape: a renderer already controlled by the attacker sends crafted graphics IPC or content that triggers the dangling reference, hijacking control flow in a less-restricted process. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with the Mac build line specifically called out by Google.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome on macOS to 148.0.7778.216 or later via the stable channel auto-updater or by relaunching the browser; the official advisory is at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html and tracking is at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/502104354. In managed fleets, push the update via MDM (Jamf, Intune, Kandji) and audit installed versions with mdls/system_profiler or your endpoint inventory tool. Until patched, compensating controls are limited because the bug lives in the rendering engine itself: enable Chrome's Enhanced Safe Browsing to reduce exposure to attacker-controlled pages (trade-off: sends more browsing telemetry to Google), restrict execution of untrusted web content via site isolation policies, and consider deploying browser policy HardwareAccelerationModeEnabled=false to reduce GFX attack surface (trade-off: degrades video/canvas performance and is not a confirmed mitigation). Verify Chromium-based downstream browsers on macOS have also shipped the fix before declaring the fleet clean.
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Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Use After Free
View allVendor StatusVendor
SUSE
Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-33078
GHSA-xrp3-wphr-647x