Impact
This vulnerability is a use‑after‑free flaw in the Bluetooth handling code of Google Chrome for macOS. An attacker who can already compromise the renderer process may deliver a crafted HTML page that exploits the freed memory and potentially escapes Chrome’s sandbox, leading to execution of arbitrary code. The weakness falls under CWE‑416, a memory corruption defect that enables unauthorized access to resources.
Affected Systems
Google Chrome browsers running on macOS, any version prior to 149.0.7827.103, are affected. All earlier builds contain the vulnerable Bluetooth implementation and could be exploited when an attacker controls a renderer instance.
Risk and Exploitability
The CVSS score of 8.3 indicates a high severity, and Chromium rates this vulnerability as Critical, though it is not currently cataloged in CISA KEV. Because the exploit requires the renderer to be compromised first, the immediate ease of exploitation is limited; however, once renderer compromise is achieved, an attacker can leverage the use‑after‑free to escape the sandbox. No EPSS score is available, so the public exploit probability remains uncertain.
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