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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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Use after free in WebMIDI in Google Chrome on Android 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 Android prior to 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 WebMIDI component. Chromium rates the severity High, and a vendor patch is available; no public exploit is identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low at 0.03%.
Technical ContextAI
WebMIDI is the Chromium implementation of the W3C Web MIDI API, which lets web pages enumerate and send/receive messages from MIDI hardware via the browser process and the GPU/utility processes. The bug is CWE-416 (Use After Free): an object in the WebMIDI subsystem is freed while a dangling reference is still reachable, and subsequent reuse of that memory lets attacker-controlled data be treated as a valid object. Because WebMIDI message handling traverses the renderer-to-browser IPC boundary, corrupting state on the privileged side is what makes a sandbox escape (CVSS S:C, scope change) possible from an already-compromised renderer. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and the description explicitly scopes impact to the Android build of Chrome.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Chrome for Android 148.0.7778.216 - update via Google Play or the Chrome Stable channel as described in the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html. In managed Android fleets, push the update through Managed Google Play / MDM and verify chrome://version after rollout. If patching must be deferred, the most targeted compensating control is to block the Web MIDI API via enterprise policy (DefaultWebMidiSysexSetting / WebMidiAllowedForUrls denylist) or by disabling MIDI at the OS/site-permission level, which prevents the vulnerable code path from being reached at the cost of breaking any legitimate web MIDI tooling; broader fallbacks such as restricting browsing to trusted sites or enforcing Safe Browsing Enhanced Protection reduce exposure to crafted-page delivery but do not address the underlying UAF.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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SUSE
Severity: HighShare
External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-33156
GHSA-gm2w-gw5x-592f