Description
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Published: 2026-07-01
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

vulnerability is a use‑after‑free (CWE‑416) in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome prior to version 150.0.7871.46. A maliciously crafted HTML document can trigger heap corruption, and the description indicates that a remote attacker may potentially exploit this to compromise the browser process. The CVSS score of 8.8 reflects the severity of this weakness, and exploitability, but the potential impact remains serious.

Affected Systems

All installations of Google Chrome that run a version older than 150.0.7871.46 are affected by this use‑after‑free flaw.

Risk and Exploitability

The installed EPSS score of less than 1% indicates that the likelihood of public exploitation remains low, and the vulnerability is not featured in CISA’s active exploits. However, the high CVSS score and the description indicating that an attacker must deliver a malicious web page suggest that users are required to interact with compromised content, implying that the attack vector is primarily client‑side via a crafted page. This combination yields a moderate‑high timely patching.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:46 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade to Chrome version 150.0.7871.46 or newer to apply the vendor‑released patch.
  • For vendors that ship embedded Chromium, coordinate with them to apply the equivalent security update or upgrade the underlying V8 engine to the fixed version, where applicable.
  • While awaiting the update, enforce strict content security policies or block untrusted sites to reduce the chance that a user will encounter malicious web content that could trigger the flaw.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:46 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4672-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6378-1 chromium security update
History

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Description Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-02T13:50:00.397Z

Reserved: 2026-07-01T21:37:26.963Z

Link: CVE-2026-14394

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T12:26:18.977Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-21T13:00:04Z

Weaknesses