Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker stages crafted HTML page
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DeliveryVictim loads page in Chrome on macOS
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ExploitCompositor frees object during rendering
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ExecutionDangling pointer reused with controlled data
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PersistArbitrary code execution in renderer process
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ImpactOptional sandbox escape for host compromise
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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the victim to be running Google Chrome on macOS at a version below 149.0.7827.103 and to load attacker-controlled HTML/JavaScript in that browser (UI:R - typically clicking a link, opening a malicious ad, or visiting a compromised site). No authentication or prior access to the victim system is needed (PR:N), but the high attack complexity (AC:H) implies the exploit depends on race conditions, heap layout, or version-specific object reuse patterns that may not succeed on every attempt. Limiting factors: the bug is scoped to the macOS build per the description, Site Isolation contains initial code execution to a single renderer process, and a separate sandbox escape is generally required to compromise the host beyond the renderer. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H scores 7.5 and indicates a network-exploitable bug requiring no privileges but with high attack complexity and required user interaction - typical of browser memory corruption that needs a victim to load a malicious page and may depend on heap grooming or specific timing. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Google labels the upstream Chromium severity as Critical, which signals high developer concern, but the combination of AC:H plus UI:R and platform restriction to macOS suggests this is a real priority to patch on the standard browser-update cadence rather than a drop-everything emergency - assuming no in-the-wild reports surface. Defenders should treat the gap between vendor 'Critical' rating and a 7.5 base score as a known artifact of CVSS not weighing UAF chainability heavily. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page that triggers a specific sequence of compositor operations to free a Compositing object and then reuse the dangling reference with attacker-controlled data, achieving arbitrary code execution inside the Chrome renderer process on macOS. The victim is lured to the page via phishing, malvertising, or a watering-hole compromise; the high attack complexity implies reliable exploitation likely requires heap grooming and may be chained with a separate sandbox escape to reach the host. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 09, 2026
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on macOS prior to version 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker to exploit a use-after-free flaw in the Compositing component via a crafted HTML page. Google has rated the underlying Chromium security severity as Critical, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the bug is patched in the latest stable channel. Successful exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) and high attack complexity, which moderates real-world risk despite the high impact.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Google Chrome 149.0.7827.103 for macOS - upgrade immediately via Chrome's built-in auto-update or by relaunching the browser, and verify the version under chrome://settings/help, per the Stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0153744567.html. In enterprise environments, push the patched build through your management tooling (Jamf, Intune, MDM) and confirm Chrome auto-update policies are not disabled. Until patching is complete, compensating controls include restricting browsing to trusted sites via web proxy or DNS filtering and enabling Site Isolation (which is on by default in modern Chrome) so a renderer compromise is less likely to expose cross-origin data; note these do not block exploitation of an attacker-controlled page the user visits. Chromium-based browsers downstream of this release (Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi) should also be checked once their vendors ship the corresponding merge.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw resides in Chrome's Compositing subsystem, which is part of the Blink/Chromium rendering pipeline responsible for layering and painting GPU-accelerated content to the screen. CWE-416 (Use After Free) means an object in the compositor is referenced after its memory has been freed, allowing an attacker who controls the freed memory's contents to influence subsequent reads or function pointer dereferences and achieve memory corruption. Chromium's compositor runs inside the renderer process, so successful exploitation initially yields code execution within the renderer sandbox; combined with a sandbox escape it can lead to full system compromise. The vulnerability is specific to the macOS build of Chrome as called out in the description, despite Compositing being a cross-platform component.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.103 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome on macOS versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise user systems through malicious webpages. This exposes employee devices and corporate data to complete system compromise. A patch is available and should be deployed immediately across all macOS Chrome installations.
Apply vendor patch (Chrome version 149.0.7827.103 or later). Until fully deployed, restrict web gateway access to untrusted or high-risk websites, or temporarily disable Chrome for non-critical business functions.
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Attack Technique
Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.
Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
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| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
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