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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 Views 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 before 148.0.7778.216 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the sandbox via a crafted HTML page that triggers a use-after-free in the Views UI component. The flaw is rated High severity by Chromium and carries a CVSS 8.3 due to scope change, but EPSS is only 0.03% and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Exploitation is realistic only as the second stage of a chained renderer compromise rather than a standalone drive-by attack.
Technical ContextAI
Views is Chromium's cross-platform UI framework that runs in the privileged browser process and renders browser chrome (tabs, menus, dialogs) using its own widget and event-dispatch system. CWE-416 (Use After Free) here means an object in the Views subsystem is freed while a dangling pointer remains reachable, and reusing that pointer allows controlled memory contents to be interpreted as a live object - yielding type confusion or arbitrary call primitives inside the browser process. Because Views lives outside the renderer sandbox, a successful UAF triggered through IPC from a compromised renderer effectively bridges the renderer/browser trust boundary. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* matches all Chrome builds, but the description scopes impact specifically to the macOS build prior to 148.0.7778.216.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome 148.0.7778.216 for macOS - upgrade immediately via Chrome's stable channel auto-update or by forcing a relaunch through enterprise management (Jamf, Intune, Workspace ONE) and verifying the build under chrome://version. No vendor-published workaround exists because the defect is in core Views code, but because exploitation requires a prior renderer compromise, compensating controls that reduce renderer exposure are meaningful: enforce Site Isolation (already default), disable unneeded experimental features via the SitePerProcess and IsolateOrigins enterprise policies, and restrict installation of untrusted extensions which are a common renderer-compromise vector. Reference the Chrome Releases stable-channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html and the Chromium issue tracker entry at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/503790201; note that aggressive policy lockdown can break legitimate web apps that rely on cross-origin features, so stage policy changes after the patch is deployed.
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Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-33090
GHSA-r8vc-287h-hwxg