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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-50624

| CVE-2026-17875 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-gq67-349v-hv27
High
Disputed · 8.8 Vendor: Chrome
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Severity by source

Sources disagree (Medium–Critical)
Vendor (Chrome) PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
8.8 HIGH

Network-delivered PDF (AV:N/AC:L) with no auth (PR:N) but requiring the user to open it (UI:R); in-sandbox code execution still yields high C/I/A within that scope (S:U).

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

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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 30, 2026 - 17:27 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 30, 2026 - 17:22 NVD
8.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 02:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:19 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 00:19 cve.org
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution in Google Chrome's PDFium PDF rendering engine (versions prior to 151.0.7922.72) allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the browser's renderer sandbox via a crafted PDF file. The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free rated CVSS 8.8 (Chromium-assessed severity: Medium) and requires the victim to open or render a malicious PDF (UI:R). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the EPSS score is low (0.21%, 11th percentile), and code execution is confined to the sandbox, meaning a separate sandbox-escape chain would be needed for full host compromise.

Technical ContextAI

PDFium is the open-source PDF rendering library embedded in Chromium/Google Chrome that parses and renders PDF documents within the renderer process. The root cause is a use-after-free (CWE-416): a memory object is freed while a dangling reference to it remains, and subsequent access to that reference can be manipulated by a crafted PDF to corrupt heap memory and hijack control flow. Because PDFium runs inside Chrome's renderer sandbox, successful exploitation grants code execution only within that sandboxed context. The affected product per CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, i.e. the Chrome desktop (Stable channel) prior to the fixed build 151.0.7922.72.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later on all desktop platforms; Chrome typically auto-updates, so ensure the browser is restarted to apply the fix, and verify via chrome://settings/help. Reference the vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html. If patching cannot be completed immediately, compensating controls include disabling Chrome's built-in PDF viewer (set PDFs to download rather than open in-browser via chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments) so crafted PDFs are not auto-rendered by PDFium - trade-off is reduced usability for legitimate inline PDFs; and blocking or sandboxing untrusted PDF delivery at the email/web gateway. Enterprise fleets should push the update via managed update policy and enforce Site Isolation (default) to keep the renderer sandbox intact as a defense-in-depth layer.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Critical
Product Status
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Fixed
openSUSE Leap 16.0 Fixed
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected

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EUVD-2026-50624 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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