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CVSS VectorVendor: google
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Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.53 stems from a use-after-free flaw in the PDFium component, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox by serving a crafted PDF file. While exploitation is constrained to the sandbox and requires user interaction (visiting a page or opening a PDF), the CVSS score of 8.8 reflects the high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if combined with a sandbox escape. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and CISA SSVC indicates exploitation status of 'none'.
Technical ContextAI
PDFium is the open-source PDF rendering engine embedded in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera) to parse and display PDF files inline. The vulnerability is CWE-416 (Use After Free), a memory-safety class where an object is freed but a dangling pointer to it is later dereferenced, enabling attackers to potentially read freed memory, corrupt heap structures, or hijack control flow. PDFium has historically been a frequent source of Chrome browser vulnerabilities due to the complexity of the PDF format and its parsing of untrusted content, and Google's own classification rates this issue as 'Low' severity at the Chromium level - likely because exploitation occurs inside the renderer sandbox rather than escaping it.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.53 (Stable channel). Update Chrome immediately to 149.0.7827.53 or later via the built-in updater (chrome://settings/help) or by redeploying through enterprise management tooling (Group Policy, MDM, Chrome Browser Cloud Management). Verify Chromium-derived browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera) have integrated the upstream PDFium fix before considering them patched. Compensating controls while patching: disable the built-in PDF viewer via the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy so PDFs download rather than render in PDFium (trade-off: degrades user experience and shifts risk to the external PDF handler), or block inline PDF rendering at the web proxy by stripping/quarantining application/pdf content (trade-off: breaks legitimate workflows). Reference: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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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-2026-34767
GHSA-h46q-9c5h-x87h