Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker crafts malicious WebRTC HTML page
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DeliveryVictim navigates to page via phishing or redirect
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ExploitWebRTC media processing triggers use-after-free
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ExecutionAttacker controls freed memory reuse
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ImpactArbitrary code executes in Chrome sandbox
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 that the victim actively navigate to an attacker-controlled HTML page in a vulnerable Chrome version (prior to 152.0.7977.65), satisfying the UI:R condition in the CVSS vector. No authentication or special account privileges are required (PR:N). The attack is network-delivered (AV:N) and does not require a non-default Chrome configuration - WebRTC is enabled by default in all standard Chrome installations. Exploitation is constrained to the Chrome sandboxed renderer process (S:U); achieving host operating system access would require a separate sandbox escape primitive not described in this CVE. Browsers not based on the Chromium WebRTC stack are not affected. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) is high on paper: network-delivered, low complexity, no privileges required, and full impact within the sandbox. However, multiple signals dampen the immediate real-world urgency. EPSS sits at 0.33% in the 25th percentile - well below the threshold typically associated with active mass exploitation. SSVC rates Exploitation as 'none' and Automatable as 'no', consistent with EPSS. CISA KEV has not listed this CVE. The UI:R requirement means drive-by exploitation requires victim navigation to a malicious page, reducing automation potential. The S:U scope boundary (no scope change) confirms that successful exploitation yields code execution only within Chrome's sandboxed renderer process, not the host OS - a second-stage sandbox escape would be required for full system compromise. Taken together, this is a credible but currently low-priority threat: patching is the correct action, but emergency out-of-band response is not warranted absent a shift in exploitation signals. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a malicious web page containing crafted WebRTC session negotiation or media-stream handling logic designed to trigger a use-after-free condition in Chrome's WebRTC implementation. When a victim browses to the page - for example, via a phishing link or a compromised advertisement - the UAF is triggered during media processing, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code within Chrome's sandboxed renderer process. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and a full sandbox escape would require chaining a second vulnerability to achieve host-level impact. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Use-after-free in the WebRTC component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65 enables remote code execution confined within the browser sandbox. Exploitation requires a victim to visit a specially crafted HTML page, placing UI:R as a meaningful friction point. No public exploit code has been identified and CISA has not added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; SSVC also indicates no current exploitation activity. Despite a CVSS score of 8.8 and tags indicating RCE and memory corruption potential, the EPSS score of 0.33% at the 25th percentile reflects low observed exploitation probability relative to the broader vulnerability population.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to upgrade Google Chrome to version 152.0.7977.65 or later, which is confirmed as the patched release per the Chrome stable channel advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html. Chrome's auto-update mechanism will deliver this to most users without manual intervention; administrators managing enterprise fleets should verify deployment via Google Update or their endpoint management tooling. For environments where immediate updating is not feasible, disabling WebRTC in Chrome via enterprise policy (WebRtcAllowed: false or WebRtcIPHandlingPolicy constraints) removes the vulnerable code path entirely but will break any applications dependent on browser-based video conferencing or real-time data channels. Organizations should assess that trade-off against their patching timeline. Chromium-derived browsers should be updated to versions incorporating the upstream fix referenced at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/523296105.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is a browser-native API enabling peer-to-peer audio, video, and data streams directly from web pages, making it a high-value attack surface due to its complex media-processing pipeline. CWE-416 (Use After Free) describes a condition where a program continues to reference a memory region after it has been freed, allowing an attacker to influence how that memory is reused and potentially redirect execution flow. In Chromium's WebRTC implementation, the multi-threaded nature of media processing increases the likelihood of temporal memory race conditions that can produce exploitable UAF states. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all Chrome desktop versions prior to 152.0.7977.65 across platforms. Chrome's sandbox architecture limits the immediate blast radius - code execution is constrained within the renderer process sandbox, meaning a sandbox escape would be a separate, additional step to achieve full system compromise.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-delivered via crafted page with no privileges required; UI:R reflects mandatory victim navigation; S:U reflects sandbox containment; full C/I/A within renderer process.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions before 152.0.7977.65 are vulnerable to remote code execution in the WebRTC component triggered when users visit a malicious webpage; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and CISA has not flagged active exploitation. The vulnerability is confined to the browser sandbox, mitigating potential for broader compromise. Organizations should prioritize patching given the high technical severity of the vulnerability class.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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 |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-65785
GHSA-w48p-5mmw-j389
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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