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Use after free in Fonts in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox by luring a user to a malicious web page that triggers a use-after-free condition in the Fonts component. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (High) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though Chromium memory-corruption issues historically attract rapid POC development. Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting attacker-controlled content) but no authentication.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in Chrome's Fonts subsystem, which is part of the Blink rendering engine responsible for parsing, shaping, and rasterizing font data referenced by HTML and CSS. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates that the code retains a pointer to a heap object after that object has been freed, allowing subsequent dereferences to operate on attacker-controllable reused memory - a classic primitive for arbitrary read/write and ultimately arbitrary code execution in the renderer process. Although code execution is constrained to inside Chromium's sandbox (Scope:Unchanged in the CVSS vector confirms no privilege boundary crossing), the renderer process still has access to all browsing session data, credentials in memory, and serves as the typical first stage of a multi-bug sandbox escape chain on Linux builds of Chrome.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Google Chrome on Linux to version 149.0.7827.53 or later - vendor-released patch: 149.0.7827.53, distributed via the Stable channel update referenced at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Restart all Chrome instances after update to ensure the patched binary is loaded, since Chrome runs the prior version until a full relaunch. If immediate patching is not feasible, compensating controls include disabling JavaScript on untrusted origins via enterprise policy (breaks most modern web applications), enforcing Site Isolation (already default on Linux desktop builds, limits cross-origin reach of a compromised renderer), and using URL allowlisting to constrain browsing to vetted destinations (high operational overhead). Users of downstream Chromium-based browsers on Linux should monitor their vendor advisories for the corresponding merge of the Chromium fix.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-34449
GHSA-67fq-cppq-c8jr