Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCompromise renderer via separate exploit
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ExploitServe crafted HTML page
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ExecutionTrigger uninitialized GPU resource
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ImpactRead memory outside sandbox
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 have ALREADY compromised the Chrome renderer process via a separate, prior vulnerability; only then can a crafted HTML page trigger the uninitialized GPU resource to read memory outside the sandbox. This is a chained, second-stage sandbox information-disclosure primitive, not a standalone remote attack. Limiting factors: it is not exploitable in isolation (a renderer compromise is a hard prerequisite), it requires user interaction (navigating to attacker-controlled HTML, per UI:R), impact is limited to low-severity memory reads (C:L; no integrity or availability impact), and it is fixed in Chrome 155.0.8059.39. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite multiple signals, and the raw CVSS of 4.7 (Medium) is an honest reflection. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) shows network reachability with only low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact; the scope change (S:C) reflects a sandbox boundary crossing, which is why it scores above a trivial info leak. However, the vector's PR:N is misleading when read against the description: the description explicitly requires 'a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process,' meaning this is a second-stage sandbox-read primitive that is NOT exploitable on its own - it must be chained with a separate renderer compromise. EPSS corroborates low urgency at 0.19% (8th percentile), indicating very low predicted exploitation probability. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code identified, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization. Chromium itself rates the security severity as Medium. Conflict to flag explicitly: CVSS encodes PR:N (unauthenticated) but the description's precondition of a pre-compromised renderer is effectively a significant prerequisite not captured by the base metrics - defenders should treat this as a sandbox-hardening/defense-in-depth fix, not a standalone remote exploit. Secondary discrepancy: the description states Android while the linked advisory is a desktop stable-channel update (see confidence_notes). Overall: patch via normal Chrome update cadence; not an emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker first compromises the Chrome renderer process using a separate vulnerability, then serves a crafted HTML page that triggers the uninitialized GPU resource to leak memory contents from outside the renderer sandbox, aiding further exploitation or information theft. No public exploit code has been identified for this specific issue, and realistic exploitation depends on chaining it with a prior renderer bug. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Memory disclosure outside the GPU boundary in Google Chrome on Android (versions prior to 155.0.8059.39) allows an attacker who has already compromised the Chrome renderer process to read uninitialized GPU-related memory via a crafted HTML page, providing a second-stage sandbox information-leak primitive. The flaw is not remotely exploitable in isolation: it requires a separate, prior renderer compromise plus user interaction (navigating to attacker-controlled HTML), and it yields only low-severity reads with no integrity or availability impact (CVSS 4.7, CWE-908; the independent assessment raises attack complexity to High to reflect the renderer-compromise prerequisite). No public exploit code has been identified and the issue is not in CISA KEV; EPSS is 0.19% (8th percentile), reinforcing that near-term exploitation risk is low. The vendor has released a fix in Chrome 155.0.8059.39.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Google Chrome 155.0.8059.39 or later - on Android this means updating via Google Play (or the applicable managed-app/Play-managed distribution), and the same stable-channel release fixes desktop builds per https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html; because Chrome auto-updates, verify the installed version rather than assuming the update applied, and confirm fleet compliance via enterprise policy or a browser-version inventory. There is no isolated workaround for this specific uninitialized-resource read, so the practical compensating controls target its prerequisite: since exploitation first requires a separate renderer compromise, keep Chrome fully patched against other renderer bugs, leave Site Isolation enabled (disabling it strictly increases renderer-to-browser leakage risk and breaks cross-site protections), and constrain exposure by policy-blocking untrusted or unreviewed web content and hardening GPU access where a managed policy exists - noting that GPU/driver-level restrictions can degrade rendering and media playback performance and may break WebGL or video-heavy applications. Because the impact is limited to low-severity memory disclosure with no integrity or availability effect and no public exploit is known (EPSS 0.19%, 8th percentile), remediation can proceed on a normal patch cadence rather than as an emergency; monitoring should focus on detecting renderer-exploit activity, since this CVE is only reachable as a chained follow-on rather than as an initial access vector.
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The root cause is CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource): a GPU-side resource in Chrome on Android is consumed before being initialized, so the process may expose stale or uninitialized contents rather than defined data. Chrome's multi-process architecture separates the renderer (where web content, HTML parsing and crafted JavaScript execute) from the GPU process, which handles compositing, rasterization and graphics driver interaction; the GPU process sits outside the renderer sandbox and has historically been a sandbox-escape target. Because the vulnerable GPU path is reachable only after the renderer has already been compromised by a distinct bug, this CVE functions as a chained information-disclosure primitive - the kind of leak that helps defeat ASLR or map memory when building a full sandbox escape - rather than a standalone attack surface. Affected product data (CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) and EUVD-2026-93719 both point to Google Chrome on Android before 155.0.8059.39; the reference to issues.chromium.org issue 517033396 is the upstream Chromium tracker entry. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates network delivery, no privileges required, mandatory user interaction, a scope change (crossing the renderer/GPU trust boundary) and low confidentiality impact only; the independent assessment adjusts AC to High to account for the non-optional renderer compromise prerequisite.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Network vector with user interaction, but AC:H because exploitation requires a pre-existing renderer compromise; scope change reflects reading memory outside the sandbox, with only low confidentiality impact and no integrity/availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Uninitialized resource in GPU in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to read memory outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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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.
EUVD-2026-93719
GHSA-9pf9-4g59-794m
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