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Remote crafted page, no privileges but required user interaction (UI:R); use-after-free fully compromises the sandboxed process, so S:U with C/I/A High.
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CVSS VectorVendor: google
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Use after free in Cast Receiver in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AnalysisAI
Sandboxed remote code execution in Google Chrome's Cast Receiver component affects all desktop builds prior to 150.0.7871.47, where a use-after-free (CWE-416) can be triggered by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page. Google rates the Chromium severity as Medium because the resulting code execution is confined to the browser sandbox, though NVD scores it CVSS 8.8; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is low at 0.27% (18th percentile).
Technical ContextAI
The flaw lives in Chrome's Cast Receiver, the Chromium subsystem that lets a device receive and render media/mirroring sessions from the Google Cast protocol. A use-after-free (CWE-416) occurs when a heap object is freed but a dangling pointer to it is later dereferenced; an attacker who controls page content can groom the heap so the freed memory is reallocated with attacker-chosen data, converting the dangling reference into a controlled read/write and ultimately control-flow hijack. Because Chrome renders untrusted web content inside a multi-process sandbox, the achieved execution is contained to the sandboxed process rather than the host OS, which matches Google's Medium rating and the CVSS scope-unchanged (S:U) metric.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 150.0.7871.47 or later via the Stable channel; on managed fleets, force the browser relaunch so the update actually applies, since Chrome stages updates but requires a restart. The authoritative advisory is https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html. If patching must be delayed, reduce exposure by disabling or restricting Google Cast/media-router functionality via enterprise policy (e.g., the EnableMediaRouter and related cast policies), which removes the vulnerable Cast Receiver attack surface at the cost of breaking screen-casting for users, and by enforcing site isolation and current sandbox settings so any triggered code stays contained. Chromium-based browsers should be updated to the release that incorporates the fixed Chromium version once published.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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Severity: Important| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-40584
GHSA-4vc8-xh76-x4r3