Description
Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-07-01
Score: 8.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is an uninitialized use of a variable within ANGLE, Chrome's graphics abstraction layer. If the renderer process is already compromised, a crafted HTML page can cause the browser to read from memory that has not been initialized. This flaw can lead to a sandbox escape, allowing the attacker to execute code outside the renderer sandbox and potentially compromise the host system.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome is affected. The flaw resides in the renderer process that interacts with ANGLE. Version information is not explicitly provided by the CNA data, but the reference indicates that Chrome versions prior to 150.0.7871.46 are vulnerable. The vulnerability applies to all platforms supported by Chrome, as no platform restrictions are noted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.3 indicates high severity. The EPSS score is less than 1%, showing a very low likelihood of exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Attackers would first need to compromise the renderer process, for example through malicious web content, before triggering the uninitialized use. Once the renderer is compromised, the flaw can be exploited to escape the browser sandbox and potentially execute code on the host.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:53 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Patch Chrome to the latest release; Version 150.0.7871.46 and newer include the fix for the uninitialized variable flaw in ANGLE.
  • If a patch cannot be applied immediately, temporarily disable hardware acceleration or ANGLE via browser flags or preferences to prevent the renderer from using the vulnerable code path.
  • Enforce stricter process isolation for the renderer, tightening its permissions so that a sandbox escape would have limited impact.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 21, 2026 at 12:53 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': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

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


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Description Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-457
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-03T03:55:37.520Z

Reserved: 2026-07-01T21:37:31.482Z

Link: CVE-2026-14413

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T00:06:59.332Z

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