Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted HTML page
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DeliveryRender triggers use-after-free in Views
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ExploitReclaim freed heap object
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ExecutionExecute code in browser process
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PersistEscape renderer sandbox
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ImpactRun arbitrary code on host
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 a victim to open attacker-controlled content in a vulnerable Chrome build before 152.0.7977.65 (UI:R - the crafted HTML page must be loaded), but needs no authentication or prior privileges (PR:N) and works over the network against default Chrome installations. The limiting factors are the mandatory user interaction (visiting/rendering the malicious page) and the technical difficulty of turning a Views use-after-free into a reliable out-of-sandbox code-execution chain; no special non-default configuration is required, which is consistent with the SSVC 'total' technical impact. |
| Impact | The signals conflict in an informative way. CVSS is severe (9.6: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R, Scope Changed, full C/I/A) and SSVC rates Technical Impact as 'total,' consistent with a sandbox-escaping RCE. However, SSVC also records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, EPSS is low (0.33%, 25th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no known POC. The UI:R requirement (a victim must open a malicious page) and the practical difficulty of weaponizing a Views use-after-free into a reliable sandbox escape explain the low near-term exploitation probability despite the high CVSS. This is a high-severity, patch-promptly issue because of Chrome's ubiquity and the total technical impact, but it is not currently an actively-exploited emergency; the realistic risk is opportunistic drive-by compromise rather than mass automated exploitation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page (or injects one via a malicious ad or compromised site) and lures a victim running a vulnerable Chrome build to visit it. The page triggers the use-after-free in Views, corrupts heap memory to gain code execution, and chains the primitive to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code with the browser process's privileges. No public exploit is known, and the AC:L/UI:R profile means exploitation is technically low-complexity but requires the victim to open the page. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Remote code execution in Google Chrome desktop before 152.0.7977.65 lets an unauthenticated attacker escape the renderer sandbox and run arbitrary code on the host when a victim opens a crafted web page. The bug is a use-after-free in the Views UI framework, rated High by Chromium and carrying a CVSS 9.6 due to a scope change (sandbox escape). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is low (0.33%, 25th percentile).
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: 152.0.7977.65 - update Google Chrome to 152.0.7977.65 or later on all desktop platforms via the Stable channel and relaunch the browser to apply the fix (see https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html). In managed environments, force the update through enterprise policy and verify the version after relaunch, since Chrome's background updater does not take effect until the browser restarts. If patching must be delayed, reduce exposure by keeping site isolation (default) and Enhanced Safe Browsing enabled, restricting browsing to trusted sites, and temporarily moving high-risk users to a hardened or alternate browser; these controls lower drive-by risk but do not remove the underlying use-after-free. Users of Chromium-based browsers should apply their vendor's update once it incorporates the upstream fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is a CWE-416 use-after-free in Chromium's 'Views' component, the C++ UI toolkit that renders desktop browser chrome and embedded UI surfaces. A dangling pointer to freed heap memory can be reclaimed and controlled by an attacker, turning a memory-management error into arbitrary code execution. Critically, the CVSS scope is Changed (S:C) and the description states execution occurs 'outside the sandbox,' meaning the primitive is powerful enough to break Chromium's renderer/browser process isolation boundary rather than being confined to the sandboxed renderer. The single affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome, covering the Chrome desktop browser.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable via a web page with no privileges (PR:N) but requiring the victim to open it (UI:R); the sandbox escape yields a scope change (S:C) with full code execution, so C/I/A are all High.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome desktop versions before 152.0.7977.65 contain a critical sandbox-escape vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on user devices through malicious web pages; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. This directly threatens all Chrome users across your organization and requires immediate patching to prevent potential system compromise and data loss.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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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.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Same weakness CWE-416 – Use After Free
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SUSE
Severity: Critical| Product | Status |
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| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-65778
GHSA-5hcf-v5vv-qjf2
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