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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DeliveryPage renders via ANGLE in Chrome
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ExploitTrigger uninitialized resource in ANGLE
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ExecutionRead memory outside renderer sandbox
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ImpactExfiltrate leaked sensitive data
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 a victim running Google Chrome on Windows prior to 155.0.8059.39 to load attacker-controlled HTML (UI:R), such as visiting a malicious site or an attacker-controlled frame/ad, that exercises the ANGLE graphics backend (Chrome's default WebGL/graphics translation layer, so no non-default configuration is needed). The limiting factors are: mandatory user interaction (the victim must open the crafted page), the impact being confined to out-of-sandbox memory disclosure (read-only, no code execution, no integrity/availability impact), and the requirement that the target be on the pre-patch version; the fixed build 155.0.8059.39 removes the condition entirely. |
| Impact | This is a genuine but comparatively low-urgency issue, not a drop-everything priority despite affecting ubiquitous software. The signals are internally consistent and point to limited real-world danger: CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.7 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - network-reachable and unauthenticated, but requiring user interaction (visiting a crafted page) and yielding only limited confidentiality impact (C:L) with no integrity or availability effect. The scope change (S:C) reflects that an uninitialized resource in ANGLE lets the renderer read memory outside the sandbox boundary, which is why Chrome rates it 'High' severity internally even though the quantitative CVSS is Medium. EPSS is low at 0.24% (13th percentile), and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC identified, so no evidence of active or imminent mass exploitation exists. The signals do not conflict: a Medium-CVSS information-disclosure bug with low EPSS and no KEV/POC is a routine patch-cycle item, not an emergency - though the ubiquity of Chrome and Google's 'High' internal rating argue for prompt patching. Note the Chromium severity label ('High') and the numeric CVSS (Medium) diverge because Google's rating weights sandbox-boundary crossing more heavily than the base CVSS confidentiality-only impact - this is expected, not a data error. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts or compromises a web page containing specially crafted content that triggers the uninitialized-resource flaw in Chrome's ANGLE graphics layer when a victim visits it. When the victim's browser renders the page, the attacker reads fragments of memory from outside the renderer sandbox, potentially leaking sensitive data such as pointers or cross-origin content. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and successful exploitation requires the victim to actively load the malicious page. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026
Uninitialized memory handling in ANGLE, the graphics translation layer Chrome uses for WebGL and hardware-accelerated rendering on Windows, allows a remote attacker to read memory outside the browser sandbox by getting a victim to load a crafted HTML page. Only Chrome on Windows running builds earlier than 155.0.8059.39 is affected; the CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N, meaning the attack is remote and unauthenticated but requires user interaction, and the outcome is read-only out-of-sandbox memory disclosure with no integrity or availability impact. The issue is not confirmed actively exploited (no CISA KEV listing), no public exploit code has been identified, and EPSS is 0.24% (13th percentile), indicating low near-term exploitation likelihood; a vendor patch is available.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome on Windows to 155.0.8059.39 or later, as documented in the Chrome stable channel update at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html; Chrome's built-in updater and enterprise update policies will deliver this build automatically, so the practical action is to verify the version via chrome://version and force a relaunch/update for any managed endpoints still below 155.0.8059.39. If immediate updating is not possible, the affected attack surface can be narrowed by disabling WebGL and 3D/graphics APIs through Chrome enterprise policy or the --disable-3d-apis command-line switch, which prevents the ANGLE path from being exercised by untrusted pages - with the trade-off that WebGL-based sites, 3D web applications, and some GPU-accelerated rendering will break or fall back to degraded software rendering. Additional, lower-fidelity compensating controls include restricting navigation to trusted sites via allow-listing and URL filtering and blocking untrusted ad/iframe content, acknowledging that these reduce but do not eliminate exposure to a crafted HTML page. There is no indication that a mitigation short of patching fully closes the uninitialized-resource condition, so upgrading remains the primary and recommended fix; the tracking issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/561066220 and the NVD entry https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106215 can be monitored for further detail.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This is a CWE-908 (use of uninitialized resource) flaw in ANGLE, the open-source translation layer that maps OpenGL ES calls from Chrome's WebGL and compositor paths onto the native Windows Direct3D backend. When a crafted HTML page exercises the affected graphics code path, ANGLE can operate on a buffer or resource that was allocated but never fully initialized, so whatever the uninitialized memory contains is exposed across a privilege boundary - reflected in the S:C (scope changed) metric of the assessed vector - and returned to the page as readable data outside the browser sandbox's intended isolation. The AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R combination from the assessed vector means a remote attacker needs no credentials or local access but must convince the victim to open attacker-controlled HTML, and because ANGLE is Chrome's default graphics path on Windows, no non-standard configuration is required on the target. CPE data identifies the affected product simply as google:chrome (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) with a version wildcard, and the Chromium security severity is High, though the practical impact is bounded to confidentiality (C:L) with no code execution, integrity, or availability effect.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Remotely reachable crafted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N) but needs victim interaction (UI:R); reads memory across the sandbox boundary (S:C) for limited confidentiality only (C:L, I:N, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Uninitialized resource in ANGLE in Google Chrome on on Windows prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker to read memory outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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