Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessVictim loads crafted HTML page
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DeliveryPage triggers font-processing race condition
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ExploitWin race to corrupt memory
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ExecutionEscape renderer sandbox
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ImpactExecute arbitrary code on host
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Concurrency control, locking
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: 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 load attacker-controlled HTML that exercises Chrome's font code path, triggering a race condition (CWE-362) to escape the browser sandbox; this is a bug in default Chrome font handling with no special non-default configuration implied. Limiting factors: required user interaction (UI:R - the victim must visit/render the malicious page) and high attack complexity (AC:H), since the attacker must reliably win a timing-dependent race, which typically requires multiple attempts and precise memory grooming. Affects Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39; updating to that build or later removes exposure. |
| Impact | This is a credible high-priority browser flaw but not a confirmed emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, score 8.3) describes a remotely reachable, unauthenticated sandbox escape (scope change S:C) with full CIA impact - serious because it breaks Chrome's primary security boundary. Two signals temper this: AC:H reflects the inherent difficulty of reliably winning a race condition (CWE-362), and UI:R means the victim must actively load attacker content. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation - consistent with a vendor-reported (Chrome/Google internal) finding patched before weaponization. EPSS and KEV data are MISSING rather than low, so widespread-exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from this input; the practical risk is driven by Chrome's enormous install base and the historical tendency for Chromium renderer/sandbox bugs to be reverse-engineered from patches. Verdict: patch promptly, but this is not currently in the confirmed-exploited tier. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker hosts a crafted HTML page exercising Chrome's font handling and lures a victim to visit it (ad, link, or compromised site). By repeatedly triggering the font-processing race condition, the attacker corrupts memory to escape the renderer sandbox and run arbitrary code on the host. No public POC is known, and the high attack complexity (AC:H) means the race must be won reliably, making real-world exploitation non-trivial. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39: a race condition (CWE-362) in the browser's font handling can be triggered when a victim renders a crafted HTML page, potentially allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox. Exploitation requires the target to load or view the attacker-controlled page (UI:R) and depends on winning a timing-sensitive race (AC:H), which typically demands repeated attempts and precise memory grooming, making this a credible high-priority browser flaw rather than a confirmed emergency. No publicly available exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) were identified at time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available from Google.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: update Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.39 or later via the stable-channel update described in Google's advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html); note that the fix only takes effect after the browser is fully restarted, so pending-update prompts should be forced closed/reopened. For managed fleets, enforce auto-update and a minimum version policy through Chrome Browser Cloud Management or your endpoint management platform, and treat the tracking issue at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/547065823 as the reference for confirming the build. Until every endpoint is confirmed on the fixed build, compensating controls with known trade-offs include restricting general web browsing on high-value hosts to allow-listed sites (breaks general browsing), disabling or tightly scoping attacker-supplied web fonts via enterprise/proxy content controls where such filtering exists (degrades layout and iconography on many legitimate sites), and running Chrome in a hardened container or virtualized environment so a successful sandbox escape still lands in a disposable boundary (adds operational overhead and can conflict with local plugins). Because the flaw is reachable through ordinary HTML pages, blocking ports is not an effective mitigation; the practical priority is patch velocity and, where exposure must be reduced immediately, isolating browsing from sensitive credential material and internal networks.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization, i.e. a race condition / TOCTOU-style flaw) inside Google Chrome's font handling code path - the subsystem that parses, sanitizes and rasterizes web fonts supplied by page content (the OpenType Sanitizer and font rendering stack, including platform font service processes). Because the vulnerable component sits on the boundary between untrusted web content and privileged browser-side font processing, the assessed CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H is notable for its Scope:Changed (S:C) component: a successful race is judged capable of crossing a security boundary and executing code outside the Chrome sandbox rather than merely corrupting a sandboxed renderer. The vector also makes the exposure profile explicit - remote reachability (AV:N), no authentication requirements (PR:N, per the vector), mandatory victim interaction (UI:R), high attack complexity (AC:H) because the timing window must be hit reliably, and high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H). The affected CPE (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) indicates the flaw is present across Chrome builds released before the fixed channel build, and the tag set (RCE, Google, Race Condition) aligns with a sandbox-escape-style RCE in the font pipeline rather than with a web-platform feature misuse. Chromium is the shared upstream for Chrome and many derivative browsers, so the underlying fix is relevant beyond Google's own channel builds.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote crafted page with no auth (AV:N/PR:N/UI:R); AC:H for the timing-dependent race; S:C and C/I/A:H because sandbox escape yields code execution on the host.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Race condition in Fonts in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions earlier than 155.0.8059.39 present a high-severity endpoint risk: a crafted web page could break the browser sandbox and allow code execution on the user's device. The issue requires user interaction and a timing-sensitive race condition, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, so it warrants prompt patching rather than emergency containment. Leadership should care because Chrome is widely deployed and a sandbox escape can weaken a core defensive boundary if it is later exploited.
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How this decision was reached
The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.
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Attack Technique
Race conditions occur when multiple concurrent requests exploit the brief time gap between checking a condition and acting upon it (TOCTOU - Time of Check, Time of Use).
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
EUVD-2026-93813
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