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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-37530

| CVE-2026-12445 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-06-17 Chrome
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Chrome
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Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
7.5 HIGH

Network-delivered extension but requires victim to install it (UI:R) and non-trivial heap grooming (AC:H); no prior privileges (PR:N) and full memory-corruption impact yields C/I/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
CRITICAL
qualitative
Red Hat
7.5 HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).

CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Jul 22, 2026 - 22:30 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 17, 2026 - 01:38 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 17, 2026 - 01:38 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

AnalysisAI

Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Extensions component (versions prior to 149.0.7827.155) allows an attacker who convinces a victim to install a malicious extension to trigger a use-after-free and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution within the renderer or browser process. Rated High by Chromium and scored CVSS 7.5, the flaw was reported internally by the Chrome team and is patched in the stable channel; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is low at 0.19%.

Technical ContextAI

The vulnerability is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chrome's extension subsystem, which manages the lifecycle of extension processes, background pages, and the extension APIs bridging untrusted extension code to privileged browser functionality. A use-after-free occurs when memory is freed but a dangling pointer is subsequently dereferenced; in a browser context a crafted extension can manipulate object lifetimes so that freed heap memory is reallocated and reused under attacker control, enabling heap corruption and potential control-flow hijack. The affected component is identified in CPE data as cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome (all versions below the fixed build), and downstream Chromium consumers are implicated by the Red Hat and SUSE tags, since these distributions ship Chromium-based packages that inherit the same defect.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 149.0.7827.155 or later via the Stable Channel and restart the browser to apply it; most installations auto-update, so verify the running version under chrome://settings/help. Users of Chromium repackaged by Red Hat or SUSE should apply their distribution's corresponding updated package once it rebases to the fixed Chromium build. As a compensating control until patched, restrict extension installation to an allowlist via enterprise policy (ExtensionInstallAllowlist / ExtensionInstallBlocklist set to '*'), which prevents installation of the untrusted extensions this bug requires - the trade-off is that legitimate self-service extension installs are blocked and must be centrally managed. Primary advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01750511403.html.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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