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Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 148.0.7778.216 allows remote attackers to leverage a WebRTC use-after-free condition through a crafted HTML page to break out of the renderer sandbox. The flaw was reported by the Chrome security team and rated High severity by Chromium, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and an EPSS score of 0.03% (10th percentile) suggesting low near-term exploitation likelihood. Successful exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) and high attack complexity, but the scope-changing impact (S:C) and full CIA compromise make it a meaningful browser-targeted risk.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in WebRTC, the real-time communication framework embedded in Chromium that handles peer-to-peer audio, video, and data channels through components like libwebrtc and the Chromium media/networking stack. The root cause is CWE-416 (Use After Free), where memory is referenced after it has been released - a hallmark memory-safety flaw in C++ codebases like Chromium that typically arises from object lifetime mismanagement across WebRTC's asynchronous callbacks and threading model. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and Linux-specific scope in the description indicate the Linux build of the Chrome browser is the affected target, with the sandbox-escape characterization implying the UAF is reachable from the renderer process and can be chained to break Chromium's Linux seccomp-bpf/namespace-based sandbox boundary.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome on Linux to version 148.0.7778.216 or later, which is the vendor-released patch per Google's Stable Channel Update advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html); enterprise environments should push the update via their package manager, configuration management, or Chrome Enterprise auto-update channels and verify rollout with the version check at chrome://settings/help. If patching must be delayed, compensating controls include disabling WebRTC where feasible by setting the WebRtcUdpPortRange or WebRtcAllowLegacyTLSProtocols policies to constrain the attack surface and using enterprise policy URLBlocklist to block untrusted sites - note that disabling WebRTC entirely breaks Google Meet, Zoom web client, and other RTC-dependent applications, so this is a significant usability trade-off. Chromium-based downstream browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi) on Linux should also be checked once their respective vendors ship the merged fix; track upstream details via https://issues.chromium.org/issues/513049286.
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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-2026-33130
GHSA-855j-754p-55fw