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Network-reachable via malicious page (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but needs user to visit (UI:R); renderer UAF can escape sandbox (S:C) with full memory-corruption impact, matching the vendor rating.
Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:ubuntu).
CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:ubuntu
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AnalysisAI
Use-after-free memory corruption in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.128 allows a remote attacker to corrupt heap memory and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution when a victim visits a malicious web page. The flaw carries a CVSS 9.6 with a scope change, reflecting the risk of escaping the renderer sandbox, though exploitation requires user interaction. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is low (0.27%, 19th percentile), consistent with a freshly patched browser bug that has not yet been weaponized.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is a use-after-free (CWE-416), a class of temporal memory-safety bug in which a pointer continues to reference heap memory that has already been freed; a subsequent access reads or writes reclaimed memory, enabling information disclosure and, when an attacker can groom the heap, controlled memory corruption. It resides in Chrome's C++ codebase (per the Chromium issue tracker entry issues.chromium.org/issues/522436154) and, like most Chrome UAF findings, is reachable from untrusted web content processed by the renderer. Because Chromium powers many derivative browsers and embedded WebViews, the same engine defect can propagate beyond Chrome itself, though only Chrome is named in this dataset.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 150.0.7871.128 or later via the Stable channel; on managed fleets, force the browser relaunch so the updated binary is loaded, since Chrome applies updates on restart. Consult the Chrome Releases advisory (http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_049796704.html) and the Chromium tracker entry (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/522436154) for details. Linux users on distribution-packaged Chromium should apply the corresponding Ubuntu/distro security update once published (this CVE was reported via vendor:ubuntu). If immediate patching is not possible, compensating controls include restricting browsing to trusted sites via enterprise URL allowlisting and enabling Chrome's site isolation and sandbox (default-on) - these reduce but do not eliminate exposure, at the cost of breaking access to blocked internal or third-party web apps; disabling untrusted browser extensions and JavaScript on high-risk endpoints further narrows the attack surface but degrades usability of modern web applications.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: Important| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
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EUVD-2026-46128
GHSA-m32c-p2c6-5wh9