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Uninitialized Use in iOS in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Arbitrary code execution within the sandbox in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to abuse an uninitialized memory condition when a victim performs specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page. Chromium rates the security severity as High, and a vendor patch is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the EPSS score (0.04%) suggests low near-term exploitation likelihood.
Technical ContextAI
The flaw is classified as CWE-457 (Use of Uninitialized Variable), a memory-safety class where a variable or memory region is read before being explicitly initialized, producing attacker-influenceable values that can corrupt control flow or leak data. The affected component is the iOS build of Google Chrome (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*), which on iOS is constrained to Apple's WebKit-based WKWebView rendering due to App Store policy - meaning the bug is most likely in Chrome's iOS-specific UI/glue code that handles gesture input and HTML content rather than in the Blink renderer used on other platforms. Execution remains confined to Chrome's iOS sandbox (Scope: Unchanged in the CVSS vector).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome for iOS 148.0.7778.216 - upgrade via the App Store as referenced in the Chrome Releases advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html) and confirm the installed build in Chrome's About screen. No vendor-published workaround exists; as compensating controls while updates roll out, restrict use of Chrome on iOS to trusted sites only (the bug requires loading a crafted HTML page), or temporarily route iOS users through Safari, which uses the same WebKit engine but is not affected by this Chrome-specific code path - the trade-off is loss of Chrome sync/features and added user friction. Enterprise MDM operators should push the App Store update and track compliance, since the exploit requires UI gestures that end users may inadvertently perform.
Same weakness CWE-457 – Use of Uninitialized Variable
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SUSE
Severity: High| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-33105
GHSA-5cq6-2qjf-7mh7