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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 VectorVendor: google
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 WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by luring users to a malicious HTML page that triggers a use-after-free in the WebCodecs component. Chromium rates this as High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, and while a vendor patch is available, no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a crafted page), which moderates real-world risk somewhat but still places this in the high-priority browser-patching tier.
Technical ContextAI
WebCodecs is a Chromium web platform API that exposes low-level audio and video encoder/decoder primitives to JavaScript, used for streaming, video conferencing, and media processing in the browser. The root cause is CWE-416 (Use-After-Free), a memory-safety class bug where memory is referenced after being freed - in WebCodecs this typically arises from object lifetime mismanagement between JavaScript handles and the underlying C++ codec objects. Successful exploitation of such bugs in Chromium's renderer process commonly leads to attacker-controlled code execution constrained by the sandbox, which is why the description specifically notes 'inside a sandbox' - a separate sandbox escape would be required for full host compromise.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 149.0.7827.103 or later on the Stable channel by allowing Chrome's auto-update mechanism to run and then restarting the browser; for enterprises, push the update via your management tooling (Chrome Browser Cloud Management, Group Policy 'TargetVersionPrefix', Jamf, Intune, or equivalent) and verify rollout. Refer to the Chrome Releases advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0153744567.html for full details. Users of Chromium-derived browsers (Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi) should apply their respective vendor updates once those vendors merge the upstream fix. As a compensating control until patching is complete, administrators can disable the WebCodecs API for untrusted origins via enterprise policy or extension-based content blocking (trade-off: breaks video-conferencing, streaming, and other media-heavy web apps that depend on hardware-accelerated codec access), and/or enforce strict site-isolation and stricter SafeBrowsing policies to reduce the chance users reach attacker-controlled HTML pages.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Memory Corruption
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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EUVD-2026-35209
GHSA-282g-w5fh-9q49