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Google Chrome EUVDEUVD-2026-50702

| CVE-2026-17752 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-07-30 Chrome GHSA-fr89-v3cf-ch5c
High
Disputed · 8.8 Vendor: Chrome
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Lure victim to crafted HTML page
  2. Delivery
    Page triggers use-after-free in Views
  3. Exploit
    Reclaim freed heap object
  4. Execution
    Corrupt heap with controlled data
  5. Impact
    Attempt code execution in Chrome

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to run Google Chrome on macOS at a version below 151.0.7922.72 and to actively load an attacker-controlled or attacker-influenced HTML page (UI:R - user interaction is mandatory; there is no drive-by-without-visit path). No authentication is required (PR:N) and the attack is network-delivered (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L). Limiting factors: the bug is platform-scoped to the Mac build per the description; successful heap corruption depends on triggering the specific use-after-free in the Views component and, for code execution, on defeating Chrome's process sandbox and mitigations - consistent with Google's Medium severity rating and the low EPSS. It is not exploitable against a patched or auto-updated browser.

Impact

Signals are mixed and worth weighing carefully. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 8.8) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack requiring user interaction (visiting a malicious page) with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. However, Google's own Chromium severity rating is only Medium, and EPSS is low at 0.21% (11th percentile), indicating no observed exploitation momentum. This is not in CISA KEV and no public exploit code is identified, so real-world risk today is moderate rather than urgent. The gap between the high CVSS and the Medium Chromium rating and low EPSS suggests exploitability is non-trivial (memory-corruption UAFs often require additional sandbox escapes or heap-grooming primitives to weaponize). No SSVC decision data was provided in the input. Note the tags include 'Denial Of Service' while the description emphasizes exploitable heap corruption - the realistic worst case is code execution, with DoS as a lower bar.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page (or injects it via a malvertising frame) and lures a macOS Chrome user to open it; the page triggers the use-after-free in the Views subsystem, grooming the heap so the freed object is replaced with attacker-controlled data to corrupt memory and attempt code execution. Because UI:R is required, the victim must actively visit the page, and given AC:L the trigger itself is not complex once the user lands. No public POC is currently identified, and full weaponization would likely require chaining additional primitives.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026

Heap corruption in Google Chrome for Mac (Views UI component) prior to 151.0.7922.72 allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit a use-after-free by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a memory-corruption bug that, if successfully leveraged, could lead to arbitrary code execution within the renderer/browser process; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.21%, 11th percentile). Google rates the Chromium security severity as Medium, though the assigned CVSS of 8.8 reflects the full-impact potential typical of browser memory-corruption bugs.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 151.0.7922.72 or later on macOS via the Chrome Releases Stable Channel Update (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html); Chrome normally auto-updates, so ensure the browser is fully closed and relaunched to apply the update, then verify via chrome://settings/help. In managed fleets, push the pinned version through your MDM/enterprise update policy to force compliance. Until updating is confirmed, reduce exposure by advising users to avoid untrusted links and, if your environment supports it, enable Chrome's Enhanced Safe Browsing to add heuristic blocking of malicious pages; note this does not eliminate the underlying flaw and only reduces the odds of encountering a weaponized page. No effective feature-level workaround is documented for a UAF in the Views component, so patching is the authoritative fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Chrome 151.0.7922.72 <151.0.7922.72

Affected Packages

euvd chrome fix: 151.0.7922.72

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is a CWE-416 Use-After-Free in Chrome's 'Views' subsystem - the cross-platform UI framework Chromium uses to render browser chrome and widgets (windows, menus, dialogs) on the desktop. A use-after-free occurs when a pointer to freed heap memory is dereferenced, letting an attacker reclaim the freed allocation with attacker-controlled data and corrupt the heap; in a browser this can be steered toward control-flow hijacking. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product is the Google Chrome application, and the description specifically scopes the issue to the macOS build reached via a crafted HTML page processed by the browser.

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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 crafted page (AV:N/AC:L) needs no auth (PR:N) but requires the user to open it (UI:R); a UAF enabling code execution yields high C/I/A within the browser process (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
Red Hat 8.8 MEDIUM

vuln.today treats the vendor’s rating as authoritative. A higher third-party CVSS (e.g. CISA-ADP) is shown for transparency but does not drive the headline severity.

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

4
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 Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A critical execution flaw in Chrome for Mac poses a direct risk to employee data and system security, affecting all users with versions before 151.0.7922.72. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability through deceptive web links, potentially compromising credentials and sensitive information from affected machines. Immediate patching will eliminate the risk.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Ubiquitous
Google Chrome is the most widely deployed desktop browser worldwide
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment MSRC Vendor VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

44
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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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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