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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Use after free in Media in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Sandbox-contained arbitrary code execution in Google Chrome's Media component affects Linux and ChromeOS builds prior to 149.0.7827.53, where a use-after-free flaw can be triggered via a crafted HTML page. Exploitation requires that the attacker has already compromised the renderer process, meaning this bug functions as a second-stage primitive in a multi-vulnerability chain rather than a standalone RCE. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and Chromium rates the internal severity as Medium despite the NVD CVSS of 8.8.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability resides in Chrome's Media subsystem, which handles audio/video decoding, MediaStream APIs, and related codec pipelines inside the renderer process. CWE-416 (Use After Free) indicates that memory is freed while a dangling pointer remains reachable; subsequent dereference of that pointer allows attacker-controlled data to be interpreted as a valid object, typically leading to type confusion and control-flow hijack. Because Chrome's Media code historically interacts with multiple threads and reference-counted objects, lifetime bugs here are a recurring source of exploitable primitives. The affected CPE space covers Google Chrome builds prior to 149.0.7827.53 on Linux and ChromeOS, per the EUVD entry EUVD-2026-34477.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53 on Linux and ChromeOS - update via Chrome's built-in updater or by relaunching the browser, and confirm the version under chrome://settings/help. For managed fleets, push the update through Google Admin console (ChromeOS) or your enterprise software distribution channel, referencing the advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. No supported workaround exists short of patching; as a compensating control until rollout completes, enterprises can enforce Site Isolation (already default), restrict installation of untrusted extensions that increase renderer attack surface, and consider tightening the SitePerProcess and IsolateOrigins policies, accepting modest memory overhead in exchange for stronger process boundaries.
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Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Memory Corruption
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SUSE
Severity: Important| 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-2026-34477
GHSA-vfjh-w97h-2q3f