Description
Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.125 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-07-14
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Uninitialized use of a value in the Skia graphics library of Google Chrome can allow a remote attacker to read potentially sensitive data from the browser, a classic use‑of‑uninitialized‑value (CWE‑457) vulnerability. The flaw also maps to CWE‑824, indicating a related data‑leak weakness. The impact is restricted to confidentiality; there is no evidence of arbitrary code execution or denial of service.

Affected Systems

This vulnerability affects desktop installations of Google Chrome versions prior to 150.0.7871.125. Versions 150.0.7871.125 and later contain the fix. The issue is limited to the Skia rendering engine and does not affect other components of Chrome.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a moderate to high risk. The EPSS score of less than 1 % reflects a low but non‑zero exploitation likelihood. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, so no known active exploits are reported. The likely attack vector is an active network‑based scenario where the attacker hosts a malicious web page that exploits the uninitialized use in Skia during rendering.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 3, 2026 at 03:13 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade to Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.125 or later to receive the patch that initializes the Skia value and mitigates the CWE‑457.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, temporarily disable Skia by launching Chrome with the flag "--disable-skia" or setting the environment variable SKIA_DISABLE=1 to reduce the attack surface for the uninitialized value vulnerability.
  • Enable automatic updates or regularly review the Chrome release channel for new security releases to maintain protection against this issue.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 3, 2026 at 03:13 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4687-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6390-1 chromium security update
History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Skia Uninitialized Use in Google Chrome Enables Remote Memory Disclosure chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in Skia
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Skia Uninitialized Use in Google Chrome Enables Remote Memory Disclosure

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Use in Skia Rendering Engine Allows Remote Memory Disclosure in Google Chrome

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Use in Skia Rendering Engine Allows Remote Memory Disclosure in Google Chrome

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.125 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-457
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T20:49:32.012Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T18:31:14.791Z

Link: CVE-2026-15766

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T20:49:29.145Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-14T20:09:51Z

Links: CVE-2026-15766 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T03:15:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-457

    Use of Uninitialized Variable

  • CWE-824

    Access of Uninitialized Pointer