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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DeliveryTrigger use-after-free in Sync component
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ExploitGroom heap to reclaim freed object
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ExecutionCorrupt object to hijack control flow
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ImpactExecute code outside browser 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 the victim to open attacker-controlled web content in Google Chrome on iOS at a version below 152.0.7977.65 - the CVSS UI:R metric confirms mandatory user interaction (visiting/rendering a crafted HTML page). PR:N indicates no authentication is required of the attacker. Limiting factors: the target must be running the unpatched iOS Chrome build specifically, the user must actively navigate to the malicious page, and reliable exploitation of a use-after-free typically depends on winning a heap-reuse race and defeating memory mitigations, which makes weaponization non-trivial despite the AC:L rating; the Sync feature being active is the relevant code path. |
| Impact | The signals conflict and should be reconciled before prioritization. The supplied CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H = 9.6) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity, sandbox-escaping RCE requiring only that a user open a page, which on its face is critical; however, Chromium's engineering triage rated the bug Low severity, and CISA's SSVC framework records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no (with Technical Impact: total), all of which argue against imminent mass exploitation. There is no KEV listing and no POC in the provided data, so this is best read as a high-technical-impact but hard-to-weaponize memory bug rather than an actively exploited threat - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in olsztyn should still patch promptly given the sandbox-escape potential, but this does not warrant emergency out-of-band response. The AC:L in the input also sits uneasily with a use-after-free requiring a heap grooming race, so a realistic attack complexity is likely higher than the vector states - verify with the vendor advisory. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page and lures a Chrome-for-iOS user (via phishing link, malvertising, or a compromised site) into opening it; the page drives the Sync code path to free and then reuse a heap object, and with successful heap grooming the attacker corrupts memory to gain code execution outside the browser sandbox. No POC is present in the provided data, and the low-complexity claim in the CVSS vector is optimistic for a use-after-free that in practice requires a reliable heap race. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026
Sandbox-escaping remote code execution is possible in Google Chrome for iOS before 152.0.7977.65, where a use-after-free in the Sync component can be triggered by a victim visiting a crafted HTML page, potentially letting a remote attacker run arbitrary code outside the renderer sandbox. Google has shipped a fixed stable build, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV and SSVC records exploitation status as none. Notably, Chromium's own severity rating for this bug is Low, which stands in sharp contrast to the 9.6 CVSS score in the input.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome for iOS to 152.0.7977.65 or later via the Apple App Store, as announced in the Chrome stable-channel update (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html); enabling automatic App Store updates ensures the fix rolls out without manual action. Because the vulnerable code path is in the Sync component, an interim compensating control for managed fleets is to disable Chrome Sync (sign users out of Chrome / turn off sync via MDM policy) to shrink the attacker-reachable surface until devices are updated, at the cost of losing cross-device bookmark/tab/history continuity for users. No standalone port- or endpoint-blocking control is meaningful here since exploitation is driven by browsing to a crafted page, so the durable fix is the version upgrade.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-416 (Use After Free): the Sync subsystem retains and later dereferences a pointer to heap memory that has already been freed, allowing an attacker who controls the reallocated memory to corrupt object state and steer execution. Sync is the Chrome component that reconciles bookmarks, tabs, history, and settings across a user's signed-in devices, so the vulnerable code path processes attacker-influenceable serialized data. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome, and the description scopes impact to the iOS build; note that Chrome on iOS is required by Apple platform policy to use the system WebKit engine rather than Blink/V8, so the memory-safety issue lives in Chrome's own Sync/browser-process code rather than a bundled rendering engine.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted page needs user interaction (UI:R) and no auth (PR:N); use-after-free requires a heap race so AC:H; sandbox escape is a scope change (S:C) with full C/I/A impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Use after free in Sync in Google Chrome on on iOS prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome for iOS before version 152.0.7977.65 contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-78964, CVSS 9.6) that bypasses browser sandbox protection; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. All iOS users running vulnerable versions face risk of complete device compromise through visiting malicious webpages, including data theft and malware installation.
Apply vendor patch: Google Chrome for iOS 152.0.7977.65 or later.
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How this decision was reached
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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 |
|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | Fixed |
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | Affected |
EUVD-2026-66089
GHSA-j4j4-cqmr-hrc4
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