Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCompromise renderer via separate bug
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DeliveryServe crafted HTML to GPU process
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ExploitTrigger uninitialized GPU resource
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ExecutionRead memory outside sandbox
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ImpactLeak data to aid sandbox escape
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Variable initialization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to FIRST have compromised Chrome's renderer process (via a separate vulnerability); only then can a crafted HTML page trigger the uninitialized GPU resource to read memory outside the sandbox. Limiting factors: user interaction is required (UI:R, victim must load attacker content), attack complexity is high (AC:H), and the impact is limited to a partial information disclosure (C:L only, no code execution or data modification). This is not exploitable against a default Chrome install by an unprivileged remote attacker in isolation - it is a sandbox-weakening primitive dependent on a prior renderer compromise. Fixed in Chrome 154.0.8037.92 and later. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but LOW-priority issue despite the Chromium 'High' severity label. The signals conflict and must be read carefully: Chromium rates it High (reflecting the sandbox-boundary crossing), but the NVD CVSS 3.1 base score is only 3.4 (Low) - the divergence is explained by the impact being a partial memory read (C:L) with no integrity or availability effect (I:N/A:N). The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C) shows a scope change (S:C, reading outside the sandbox) but high attack complexity (AC:H) and required user interaction (UI:R). Crucially, the description states the attacker must have ALREADY compromised the renderer process - the CVSS PR:N does not capture this significant precondition, so real-world exploitability is gated behind a prior renderer compromise. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided; per input signals this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' No SSVC decision data was provided for this specific CVE. Net: a real defense-in-depth flaw (info leak weakening sandbox isolation) that is realistically only useful as one link in a multi-bug exploit chain, not a standalone high-risk threat. Patch and upgrade regardless via normal Chrome update cadence. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has already exploited a separate vulnerability to compromise Chrome's renderer process crafts an HTML page that triggers the uninitialized GPU resource, causing the GPU process to expose memory contents from outside the renderer sandbox. This leaked memory (e.g., pointers or cross-process data) is then used to strengthen a broader sandbox-escape exploit chain. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis; the high attack complexity and renderer-compromise precondition make this a chained-exploit component rather than a standalone attack. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 29, 2026
An uninitialized-memory flaw in Chrome's GPU component (CVE-2026-102319, CWE-908) lets an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process read memory outside the browser sandbox by loading a crafted HTML page, providing a sandbox-weakening information-disclosure primitive rather than direct code execution. Affected are Google Chrome builds prior to 154.0.8037.92 on all platforms (CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*); the independent assessment scores this CVSS 3.1 at 3.4 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N), classifying it as a genuine but low-priority issue despite Chromium's internal 'High' label, because it requires a prior renderer compromise, high attack complexity, and user interaction, and yields only partial confidentiality impact. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) were identified at time of analysis, and vendor-released patch Chrome 154.0.8037.92 is available.
RemediationAI
Update Google Chrome to 154.0.8037.92 or later - this is the vendor-released patch referenced in the Chrome stable-channel advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01807488085.html); verify the installed build at chrome://version and force the update via chrome://settings/help or your enterprise update mechanism (Google Update / managed Chrome policies), restarting the browser so the new binary is actually loaded. Because exploitation presupposes an existing renderer compromise, the highest-value compensating controls are those that make the prerequisite step harder: keep all Chrome and OS patches current to close renderer-side bugs, enforce Site Isolation (and on Windows enable Renderer Code Integrity), restrict or audit untrusted extensions and high-risk browsing, and treat this CVE as one reason to prioritize renderer sandbox escape chains generally. Where GPU attack surface must be reduced before patching, disabling hardware acceleration (chrome://settings/system) removes the typical GPU rendering path at the cost of noticeably degraded graphics/video performance and is only a partial mitigation since a GPU process may still exist for software rendering; this should be considered a temporary stopgap, not a substitute for upgrading. Monitor the upstream Chromium issue https://issues.chromium.org/issues/562042411 for any further detail, and note that no vendor-released workaround specific to this defect is documented in the provided references.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The vulnerability is an uninitialized resource (CWE-908) in Chrome's GPU process, the privileged broker that handles graphics work on behalf of renderer processes via IPC and shared memory. In Chrome's multi-process architecture, renderers are sandboxed and rely on the GPU process, which sits outside that sandbox, to allocate buffers and surfaces; when a GPU-side resource is used before being initialized, the contents of that allocation can leak previously used memory belonging to a more privileged context. An attacker who has already achieved renderer compromise (through a separate bug) can drive this GPU path by having the victim load a specially crafted HTML page, causing disclosure of memory that should be inaccessible to the sandboxed renderer - effectively an escape-assist/disclosure primitive. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N), with scope change but only low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact, matches the assessment that this is a sandbox-weakening data leak, not remote code execution. Security-hardening constraints in the GPU process (§S) are the relevant defense-in-depth layer here.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Matches NVD: network-delivered crafted HTML (AV:N), high complexity plus prior renderer compromise (AC:H), user must load content (UI:R), sandbox crossing (S:C), partial read only (C:L, I/A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
Uninitialized resource in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.92 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to read memory outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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