Description
Out of bounds read and write in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is an out‑of‑bounds read and write in ANGLE, a graphics abstraction layer used by Chrome. The flaw allows a remote attacker who can deliver a crafted HTML page to a victim to potentially escape the browser sandbox and execute code with elevated privileges. The weakness is identified as CWE‑125, which represents memory safety errors such as buffer overreads and overwrites.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome browsers prior to version 151.0.7922.72 are affected. No additional vendor or product variants are noted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.6 indicates a high‑severity risk, but the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a low probability of widespread exploitation at this time. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is a malicious web page that a user visits, leveraging the browser’s rendering engine to trigger the out‑of‑bounds memory access and achieve sandbox escape.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 2, 2026 at 06:47 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Chrome to version 151.0.7922.72 or later, which contains the ANGLE fix
  • If an upgrade is not immediately feasible, launch Chrome with the --disable-gpu flag to avoid using ANGLE hardware acceleration as a mitigated measure
  • Maintain Chrome’s default sandbox and site isolation settings to restrict any out‑of‑bounds execution from occurring

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 2, 2026 at 06:47 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4710-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6408-1 chromium security update
History

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Out of bounds memory access in ANGLE
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Out of bounds read and write in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-31T15:22:06.228Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:34:48.990Z

Link: CVE-2026-17801

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T15:22:00.523Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-30T01:16:43.523

Modified: 2026-08-03T17:55:27.883

Link: CVE-2026-17801

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:19:25Z

Links: CVE-2026-17801 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-02T07:00:07Z

Weaknesses