Description
Uninitialized Use in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-07-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

An uninitialized use bug in Chrome’s Dawn rendering engine permits an attacker to read data from the browser’s process memory while loading a specially crafted HTML page. The flaw is classified as CWE‑457 and was marked as Medium severity by Chromium. No code execution or privilege escalation is required; the attacker can only obtain potentially sensitive information.

Affected Systems

All desktop installations of Google Chrome older than 150.0.7871.46 are vulnerable. The June 2026 stable channel update mitigates the issue in version 150.0.7871.46.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates medium severity, the EPSS score of < 1% suggests a very low probability of exploitation, and the vulnerability is not KE attack vector is a crafted HTML page that is rendered by the Dawn engine on a user’s desktop installation of Chrome; no local privilege escalation or code execution is involved.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:52 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Install Chrome 150.0.7871.46 or later to apply the fix.
  • Configure your organization’s update distribution system to push client machines promptly.
  • If patching cannot be performed immediately, restrict the execution of untrusted web content—for example, enforce strict sandboxing.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:52 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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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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


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Description Uninitialized Use in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-457
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-02T00:31:01.602Z

Reserved: 2026-07-01T21:37:28.255Z

Link: CVE-2026-14399

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T00:30:57.792Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

Weaknesses
  • CWE-457

    Use of Uninitialized Variable