Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote drive-by via web content needs no auth (PR:N) but requires the victim to load a page (UI:R) and non-trivial heap grooming (AC:H); a renderer UAF yields full C/I/A compromise within the process (S:U).
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionNVD
Use after free in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AnalysisAI
Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stems from a use-after-free (CWE-416) memory-corruption flaw that an unauthenticated attacker can trigger over the network when a victim loads attacker-controlled web content. Microsoft has released an official fix and rates the issue 7.5 (High), tempered by high attack complexity and required user interaction; the CVSS temporal data marks exploit maturity as Unproven (E:U), so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing. …
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Attack ChainAIDerived
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Vulnerability AssessmentAI
| Exploitation | Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R): the victim must actively load attacker-controlled web content in a vulnerable Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) build - for example, visit a malicious site or open crafted web content in the browser. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The signals converge on a genuine-but-not-emergency priority. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker hosts a malicious web page (or injects malicious script into a compromised or ad-served page) that drives Edge's rendering engine into the vulnerable code path, freeing an object and then reusing the dangling reference to corrupt heap memory. When a social-engineered victim visits the page, the use-after-free is groomed into code execution in the renderer. … |
| Remediation | Patch available per vendor advisory: update Microsoft Edge to the current patched build via the browser's built-in updater (edge://settings/help) or your managed-update tooling, then restart the browser to apply it; consult https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-57984 for the exact fixed version. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours: Assess Microsoft Edge deployment scope across infrastructure and initiate patch distribution planning with IT operations. …
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Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
View allSame technique Memory Corruption
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-41649
GHSA-wf54-w5mv-jcf9