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Microsoft Edge EUVDEUVD-2026-58754

| CVE-2026-72970 HIGH
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
2026-08-14 secure@microsoft.com GHSA-rmf3-9hmx-hc46
8.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: microsoft
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Attacker hosts crafted web page or resource
  2. Delivery
    Victim opens content in Microsoft Edge
  3. Exploit
    Heap-based buffer overflow triggered in Chromium renderer
  4. Execution
    Heap corruption enables control-flow hijack
  5. Impact
    Arbitrary code executed within browser process

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Heap buffer bounds checking
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

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

Exploitation Conditions

The CVSS UI:R metric confirms that user interaction is required - the victim must actively navigate to or open attacker-controlled content within Microsoft Edge; passive network-level exploitation is not possible. PR:N (no privileges required) means the attacker needs no credentials or account on the target system. AC:L indicates no race condition or complex environmental prerequisite must be satisfied beyond delivering the malicious content. Exploitation is limited by the user interaction requirement and by the Chromium sandbox (S:U, unchanged scope), which constrains post-exploitation impact to the browser process unless chained with a sandbox escape. No specific configuration setting, non-default feature, or platform variant is cited as a prerequisite in the available description.

Impact

The CVSS 8.3 score is supported by AV:N (network delivery), AC:L (no race condition or complex setup required), PR:N (no attacker authentication needed), and UI:R (victim must interact with malicious content), with high confidentiality and integrity impact. The UI:R requirement meaningfully constrains opportunistic mass exploitation - this cannot be triggered without user action such as visiting a page or opening a file. No EPSS score was provided, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from that signal. KEV status is absent from the input, meaning active exploitation is not confirmed by CISA at time of analysis; no public exploit code was identified either. The low attack complexity is the most concerning signal: once a working exploit exists, it would require minimal attacker sophistication to deploy. Scope is unchanged (S:U), so even a successful exploit in the renderer process does not guarantee OS-level compromise without a secondary sandbox escape. Organizations should treat this as high priority for browser patch cadence, as heap overflows in Chromium components have historically transitioned quickly from theoretical to exploited.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page or document containing content designed to trigger a heap buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge's Chromium rendering engine. When a victim user opens the page in Edge, the overflow corrupts heap memory in the renderer process, allowing the attacker to hijack control flow and execute arbitrary code within the browser process context. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) indicates that a working exploit would not require advanced heap-grooming techniques.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026

Remote code execution in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is enabled by a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) that network-accessible, unauthenticated attackers can trigger when a victim interacts with attacker-controlled content. The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L) reflects high confidentiality and integrity impact with low attack complexity, requiring only that the user visit or open a crafted resource. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Update Microsoft Edge to the latest available version using the browser's built-in update mechanism (Settings > Help > About Microsoft Edge) or via Windows Update and Microsoft Endpoint Manager for enterprise deployments. The exact fixed version is not specified in the available input data - verify the precise patched release at the MSRC advisory https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72970. As a compensating control where immediate patching is not possible, organizations can restrict browser access to untrusted external web content via proxy/web filtering policies, reducing exposure to attacker-controlled pages; note this may impair legitimate browsing workflows. Enforcing Enhanced Security Mode or disabling JIT compilation in Edge enterprise policies may reduce exploitability of heap corruption in the renderer, though these settings carry performance trade-offs and may break some web applications.

Affected VersionsENISA

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) 1.0.0.0 <151.0.4129.86

Affected Packages

euvd microsoft_edge_chromium_based fix: 151.0.4129.86

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Microsoft Edge is a Chromium-based browser, meaning its rendering engine, JavaScript engine (V8), media codecs, and graphics stack are shared with Google Chrome. CWE-122 (Heap-Based Buffer Overflow) indicates that a write operation to a heap-allocated buffer exceeds its bounds, corrupting adjacent heap memory. In Chromium-based browsers, such overflows frequently occur in content parsing components (HTML/CSS parsers, font renderers, WebGL, WebP image decoding, etc.) and can enable control-flow hijacking within the renderer process. The CVSS vector's unchanged scope (S:U) suggests the overflow is confined to the browser process and does not automatically escape Chromium's sandbox to the host OS. No CPE strings were provided in the input to identify a more precise component.

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Severity by source

Vendor (microsoft) PRIMARY 8.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
vuln.today AI 8.3 HIGH

Network delivery via crafted content requires user interaction (UI:R); heap overflow in renderer yields full C/I impact; A:L reflects process crash potential without full system denial of service; S:U because Chromium sandbox prevents automatic OS-level scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).

CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 14, 2026 - 19:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 14, 2026 - 18:19 nvd
HIGH 8.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge enables unauthenticated remote code execution, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis; however, this vulnerability poses a direct threat to confidentiality, integrity, and system availability across all Edge deployments. No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires only user interaction with crafted content, creating an immediate exposure for organizations reliant on Edge browsers. The combination of high severity, lack of available mitigations, and widespread browser usage makes this a critical business risk.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Disable JavaScript in Microsoft Edge where functionally feasible; deploy and enforce Content Security Policy (CSP) across internal web applications; restrict Edge browsing to approved internal domains only; enable enhanced endpoint monitoring for suspicious Edge process behavior; segment user access to limit lateral movement if compromise occurs; maintain user awareness training regarding social engineering and malicious links. Monitor CISA and Microsoft security advisories closely for patch availability and establish a 48-hour deployment protocol upon release.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59% exploitable
Prevalence
High
dominant browser in enterprise Windows environments worldwide
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.5%
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

43
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +42
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

A heap overflow occurs when a program writes data beyond the bounds of a buffer allocated in the heap memory region.

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